Studio portrait of 5052 Private (Pte) John Edmond Brien, 58th Battalion, of Kingower, Vic. A ...

Accession Number P07320.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Hills and Saunders
Place made United Kingdom: England, Oxfordshire, Oxford
Date made c 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
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 5052 Private (Pte) John Edmond Brien, 58th Battalion, of Kingower, Vic. A wood carter prior to enlistment, Pte Brien embarked on HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 1 April 1916. He served on the Western Front and was twice wounded in action. He died of illness in France on 18 February 1919.