Studio portrait of 1860 Corporal Edward Herbert Jones, 37th Battalion of East Brunswick, ...

Accession Number P05248.068
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made 1916
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 1860 Corporal Edward Herbert Jones, 37th Battalion of East Brunswick, Victoria. A teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916. On 23 April 1917, he was killed in action near Armentieres, France, aged 23. He is buried in the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres,, France.