Place | Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres |
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Accession Number | P05301.091 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Sydney Mail |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 3537 Private Alexander Hugh Hastings, 2nd Battalion, of Newcastle, NSW. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3537 Private Alexander Hugh Hastings, 2nd Battalion, of Newcastle, NSW. A civil servant with the State Fisheries Department prior to enlisting on 5 August 1915, he embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard HMAT Berrima on 12 December 1915. He was killed in action on 22 July 1916 at Pozieres, France, aged 23.