Studio portrait of 61 Private Hugh Alphonsus Leffler, 9th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps, ...

Accession Number H05941
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 61 Private Hugh Alphonsus Leffler, 9th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps, of Forrest Lodge, NSW. Son of Ambrose Augustus and Mabel Ann Frances Leffler, Kogarah, NSW. A printer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Benalla (A40) on 1 May June 1916. He was killed accidentally on 3 December 1916 at Square Farm, Armentieres, France, aged 23. He is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery Armentieres, France.