Studio portrait of 3234 Private (Pte) Herbert Henry Parish, 54th Battalion. A grocer from ...

Accession Number H06138
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 3234 Private (Pte) Herbert Henry Parish, 54th Battalion. A grocer from Berricoe Creek, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Parish embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Suevic on 11 November 1916. On 26 September 1917 he was killed in action aged 20. Initially, he had no known grave however, in 1923 his remains were recovered and he was re-interred in the Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium.