Accession Number | P03917.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 6770 Private Henry Alexander (Alex) Mell, 22nd Reinforcments, 13th Battalion, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6770 Private Henry Alexander (Alex) Mell, 22nd Reinforcments, 13th Battalion, of Barraba, NSW, photographed in civilian clothes. He enlisted on 21 March 1916 and was a machine gunner with X Platoon, C Company, 13th Battalion. He was killed in action at Bullecourt, France, on 11 April 1917, aged thirty two.