Studio portrait of 2849 Private (Pte) Walter Hollaway, 26th Battalion, of Police Point, Tas. A ...

Accession Number P08036.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1915
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 2849 Private (Pte) Walter Hollaway, 26th Battalion, of Police Point, Tas. A farm labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Hollaway embarked with the 6th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 27 October 1915, later transferring to the 12th Battalion. On 23 July 1916 he was killed in action at Pozieres, France, aged 22. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.