Studio portrait of 6110 Private (Pte) Francis Bennett, 10th Battalion, of Kadina, SA. A mason ...

Accession Number P08125.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1916
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 6110 Private (Pte) Francis Bennett, 10th Battalion, of Kadina, SA. A mason prior to enlisting in June 1916, Pte Bennett embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 12 August 1916. Pte Bennett served on the Western Front and was killed in action at Lihon, the Somme, France on 10 August 1918. He was 38 years of age.

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