Portrait of 1972A Lance Corporal Herbert Hurtle Morphett, 51st Battalion. Farmer from Bruce Rock, ...

Accession Number H06606
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

Portrait of 1972A Lance Corporal Herbert Hurtle Morphett, 51st Battalion. Farmer from Bruce Rock, Western Australia. Killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux 25 April 1918, aged 21. Note the "A" badge, signifying service on Gallipoli, worn on his 51st Battalion shoulder patch.