Studio portrait of 4728 Corporal (Cpl) Hector William Martin, 24th Battalion, of Carlton, Vic. An ...

Accession Number P07220.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made 1916 - 1918
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 4728 Corporal (Cpl) Hector William Martin, 24th Battalion, of Carlton, Vic. An upholsterer before enlisting on 14 February 1916, Cpl Martin embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Euripides with the 12th Reinforcements on 4 April 1916. He was killed in action in France on 31 August 1918 at the age of 27.