| Accession Number | P08624.006 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
| Maker |
Cumberland |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Parramatta1 |
| Date made | 1920 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 7200 Private Charles Henry Bale, 1st (later 35th) Battalion, of Parramatta, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 7200 Private Charles Henry Bale, 1st (later 35th) Battalion, of Parramatta, NSW. A farm labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Osterley on 10 February 1917. Pte Bale died on 22 November 1917, in the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France of wounds sustained in action, aged 19. He is buried in the Trois-Arbres Cemetery Steenwerck, France.