Studio portrait of 3317 Private Albert Vincent Gilchrist, 8th Battalion from Riddell, Victoria. ...

Accession Number H05604
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 3317 Private Albert Vincent Gilchrist, 8th Battalion from Riddell, Victoria. A 20 year old carpenter prior to enlisting on 22 July 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 11 October 1915 aboard HMAT Nestor. He was killed in action on 24 June 1916 near Messines, France and is buried in the Berks Cemetery Extension, 12.5 kilometres south of Ypres, Belgium..