Pre enlistment studio portrait of 474 Private (later Lance Corporal) Gerald Calcutt, 7th ...

Accession Number P05413.015
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Pre enlistment studio portrait of 474 Private (later Lance Corporal) Gerald Calcutt, 7th Battalion of Williamstown, Victoria. A bank clerk prior to enlistment, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata (A20) on 19 October 1914. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 24 May 1915, aged 25. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.