Studio portrait of 669 Private (Pte) Joseph Benjamin Harold Walden, 18th Battalion from ...

Accession Number H05799
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 669 Private (Pte) Joseph Benjamin Harold Walden, 18th Battalion from Alexandria, NSW. A 22 year old carpenter prior to enlisting on 5 February 1915, he embarked for overseas with B Company from Sydney on 25 June 1915 aboard HMAT Ceramic. After joining the battalion at Gallipoli, he was killed in action during the attack on Hill 60 on 22 August 1915. Pte Walden is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey with others who have no known grave.