Studio portrait of 922 Private (Pte) Alfred Henry Hammond, 7th Battalion from Echuca, Victoria. A ...

Accession Number H06308
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date made August 1914 - May 1915
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 922 Private (Pte) Alfred Henry Hammond, 7th Battalion from Echuca, Victoria. A 29 year old drover prior to enlisting on 19 August 1914, he embarked for overseas with H Company from Melbourne on 19 October 1914 aboard HMAT Hororata (A20). While serving with the battalion at Gallipoli, he was killed in action at the second Battle of Krithia on 8 May 1915. Pte Hammond is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey with others who have no known grave