Studio portrait of 3255 Private John Hamilton Wilson, 57th Battalion. A 27 year old clerk of ...

Accession Number H05859
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 3255 Private John Hamilton Wilson, 57th Battalion. A 27 year old clerk of Beechworth, Victoria prior to enlistment, he embarked on HMAT Medic on 16 December 1916 with the 8th Reinforcements. On 26 August 1917 he was killed in action in Belgium during the Third Battle of Ypres .