Studio portrait of 122 Private (Pte) Frederick John Peck, 6th Battalion, in civilian clothes. ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area
Accession Number H05787
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 122 Private (Pte) Frederick John Peck, 6th Battalion, in civilian clothes. Pte Peck, a cabinet maker from Balaclava, Vic prior to enlistment, embarked with A Company from Melbourne on HMAT Hororata on 19 October 1914. Originally reported as missing, a later Court of Inquiry determined that he had been killed during the Gallipoli landing on 25 April 1915, aged 22. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey