Accession Number | H06683 |
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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 2744 Private (Pte) Henry Higham Pepper, 7th Battalion. A farmer from Nar Nar ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2744 Private (Pte) Henry Higham Pepper, 7th Battalion. A farmer from Nar Nar Goon, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Pepper embarked with the 6th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 27 October 1915. After transferring to the 7th Battalion he was promoted to Lance Corporal and wounded in action. On 9 August 1918 he was killed in action, aged 25, and was buried in the Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France.