Accession Number | H05725 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 44 Private (Pte) James Henry Edgerton, 10th Machine Gun Company. A labourer ...
Description
Studio portrait of 44 Private (Pte) James Henry Edgerton, 10th Machine Gun Company. A labourer from Surry Hills, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Edgerton embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Ascanius on 27 May 1916. On 5 October 1917, aged 33, he died of wounds received in action and was buried in the Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium.