Accession Number | P02599.015 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Sidney Riley Studios |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | c 1919 |
Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 3071 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Harry Kelly, 53rd Battalion, of Bathurst, NSW. An ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3071 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Harry Kelly, 53rd Battalion, of Bathurst, NSW. An ironmonger prior to his enlistment on 1 July 1915, he was killed by shell fire near Corbie, France, on 6 April 1918. This portrait is one of a number displayed on a photo montage Honour Board made for the department store Anthony Hordern and Sons Ltd, Sydney by the returned soldier and sailor employees of the company. It commemorated 46 of the company's 48 employees who died as a result of their service in the First World War.