| Accession Number | P03318.006 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of two brothers, identified left (sitting) is 1768 Private (Pte) Harold Snaith, ...
Description
Informal portrait of two brothers, identified left (sitting) is 1768 Private (Pte) Harold Snaith, 5th Pioneers; and right (standing) 4296 Pte Leeman Snaith, 7th Battalion. Pte Harold Snaith, a plasterer of Coburg, Vic, enlisted on 18 January 1915 and sailed with the 5th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Hororata on 17 April 1915. He returned to Australia and was discharged on 9 February 1919. Pte Leeman Snaith, a carpenter of Coburg, Vic, enlisted on 16 July 1915 and sailed with the 13th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. He died of wounds, aged 27, on 4 October 1917 and is buried at Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Belgium.