Studio portrait of 2428 Private (Pte), (later Lance Corporal) Edwin (Ted) Greenhalgh, 3rd ...

Accession Number P08549.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Unknown
Date made c1915
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 2428 Private (Pte), (later Lance Corporal) Edwin (Ted) Greenhalgh, 3rd Battalion, of Singleton, NSW. Pte Greenhalgh, a farmer prior to enlistment embarked from Sydney with the 7th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 14 July 1915. Lance Corporal Greenhalgh was killed in action at Armentieres, France, on 3 July 1916. He was 25 years of age. Pte Greenhalgh's brother 2382 Frederick Mathew Greenhalgh, 18th Battalion, died of pneumonia on 19 October 1918. A third brother 1061 Pte James Greenhalgh, 20th Battalion, returned to Australia on 13 February 1917.