Accession Number | H06140 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Informal portrait of 1301 Private (Pte) James Henry Bryant, 3rd Battalion. A labourer from ...
Description
Informal portrait of 1301 Private (Pte) James Henry Bryant, 3rd Battalion. A labourer from Parkes, New South Wales, prior to enlistment on 28 August 1914 he embarked from Sydney on 20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Euripides for Egypt. He embarked on 5 April 1915 for Gallipoli but returned to Cairo later that month due to injury and then rejoined his unit at Gallipoli on 30 July 1915. Pte Bryant was killed in action at the Battle of Lone Pine, between 7 and 12 August 1915. He was aged 22 years.