Accession Number | P08624.071 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 5152 Private Arnold Edgar Leabeater, 4th (later 56th) Battalion of Parramatta, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 5152 Private Arnold Edgar Leabeater, 4th (later 56th) Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A carter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the SS Makarini on 1 April 1916. He was killed in action in France on 22 July 1918 while detailed with the Patrol School, aged 21. He is buried in the Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, France.