Studio portrait of 3406 Signaller Anthony Joseph Havilah, 52nd Battalion from Richmond River, ...

Accession Number H06271
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date made 1916-1918
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 3406 Signaller Anthony Joseph Havilah, 52nd Battalion from Richmond River, NSW. A 22 year old farmer prior to enlisting on 24 October 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 9th Reinforcements from Sydney on 24 January 1917 aboard HMAT Ayrshire. He joined the battalion in France where he was killed in action at Dernacourt on 20 April 1918. He is buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France.