Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Walter Granlees Boys, 25th Battalion, of Maryborough, Qld. A ...

Accession Number H05678
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 Lieutenant (Lt) Walter Granlees Boys, 25th Battalion, of Maryborough, Qld. A master draper prior to enlistment, Lt Boys embarked from Brisbane on HMAT Aeneas on 29th June 1916. After promotion to Captain (Capt), he died of wounds received in action on 5th August 1916 and was buried in the Warloy Ballion Communal Cemetery Extension, France.