Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant John Charles Davidson, 1st Battalion of Bellinger, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.036
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Cumberland
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1920
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 2nd Lieutenant John Charles Davidson, 1st Battalion of Bellinger, NSW. A carpenter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 20 December 1915. He died in France on 3 June 1916 of gunshot wounds received during range practice, aged 21. He is buried in the Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France.