Studio portrait of 3167 Private William Lochhead, 58th Battalion from Burnley, Victoria. A 27 ...

Accession Number H05502
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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Description

Studio portrait of 3167 Private William Lochhead, 58th Battalion from Burnley, Victoria. A 27 year old baker prior to enlistment on 24 July 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 7th Reinforcements of the 23rd Battalion from Melbourne on 26 November 1915 aboard HMAT Commonwealth. He was killed in action near Fleurbaix, France on 15 July 1916 and is commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.