Accession Number | P03567.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: South Australia |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 2016 Corporal Walter Stanley Dawe, 32nd Battalion
Description
Studio portrait of 2016 Corporal Walter Stanley Dawe, a Methodist minister from Kadina, SA. Dawe enlisted in the third reinforcements of 32 Battalion on 3 August 1915, as a soldier rather than a chaplain. He was killed in action at Messines, Belgium, on 20 February 1918 and is buried at Messines Ridge British Cemetery.