Studio portrait of 1104 Private (Pte) Edgar William Parham, 32nd Battalion, from Mile End, South ...

Studio portrait of 1104 Private (Pte) Edgar William Parham, 32nd Battalion, from Mile End, South Australia. A 37 year old baker prior to enlisting on 2 September 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 3rd Reinforcements from Adelaide on 7 February 1916 aboard HMAT Militades. He was killed in action near Fromelles, France on 19 July 1916, at the age of 38. After the war his grave could not be located and he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles. In 2008 a burial ground containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers was located at Pheasant Wood, France. The soldiers died during the Battle of Fromelles on the night of 19-20 July 1916 and were buried by German troops. In 2010 all of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. At the time of the official dedication of the cemetery on 19 July 2010, ninety-six Australians had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Since then other Australians, including Pte Parham, have been identified.