Accession Number | P07560.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait in a memorial booklet of 4397 Private (Pte) Thomas McKenzie Chalmers, 27th ...
Description
Studio portrait in a memorial booklet of 4397 Private (Pte) Thomas McKenzie Chalmers, 27th Battalion of Frewville, SA, formerly of Perth, Scotland. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Chalmers embarked on board HMAT Shropshire (A9) on 25 March 1916. He was killed in action, aged 32, on the Somme, France, on 17 November 1916.