Studio portrait of 414 Private (Pte) Albert Howard Anderson, 4th Battalion, from Baggabri, NSW. A ...

Accession Number H05644
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 414 Private (Pte) Albert Howard Anderson, 4th Battalion, from Baggabri, NSW. A 23 year old carpenter prior to enlisting on 21 August 1914, he embarked for overseas with H Company from Sydney on 20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Euripides. After spending a few days in hospital in Cairo with laryngitis, Pte Anderson served on Gallipoli and was killed at Lone Pine between 6 and 9 August 1915. He was buried originally in Brown Dip South Cemetery and later moved to Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.