Accession Number | H06072 |
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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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Studio portrait of 2368 Private (Pte) George James Featonby, 11th Battalion in civilian clothes. ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2368 Private (Pte) George James Featonby, 11th Battalion in civilian clothes. A farmer from Bendigo, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Featonby embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Fremantle on HMAT Karoola on 25 June 1915. On 6 August 1915 he was killed in action at Gallipoli aged 36, and was buried in the Shell Green Cemetery, Anzac.