Studio portrait of 2183 Private (Pte) Louis Victor Parker, 15th Battalion. Pte Parker, a ...

Accession Number H06724
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 2183 Private (Pte) Louis Victor Parker, 15th Battalion. Pte Parker, a bricklayer from Belmore, NSW prior to enlistment, embarked with the 6th Reinforcements from Brisbane on HMAT Karoola on 12 June 1915. On 8 August 1915, aged 27, he died of wounds received in action and was buried in the Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.