Accession Number | H06090 |
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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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Studio portrait of 6859 Private (Pte) Harry Wilfred Palmer, 2nd Battalion. A factory hand from ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6859 Private (Pte) Harry Wilfred Palmer, 2nd Battalion. A factory hand from Paddington, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Palmer embarked with the 22nd Reinforcements from Sydney on SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916. After being previously twice wounded in action, he was killed in action on 15 August 1918, aged 19, and was buried in the Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France.