Studio portrait of 5397 Private Arthur Alfred Harold Luby, 3rd (later 55th) Battalion, of Surrey ...

Accession Number P05301.209
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 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 5397 Private Arthur Alfred Harold Luby, 3rd (later 55th) Battalion, of Surrey Hills, Sydney, NSW. Son of Mrs L Deborah Luby. A jockey prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 14 April 1916. He died at the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France, on 1 September 1916 of accidentally self inflicted wounds on 18 August 1916, aged 20. He is buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery, France.