Studio portrait of 1928A Private Harold Whiteman, 1st Pioneer Battalion of Newtown, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.126
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 1928A Private Harold Whiteman, 1st Pioneer Battalion of Newtown, NSW. A bricklayer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Ceramic (A40) on14 April 1916. He was wounded in action near Hamel, France on 23 August 1918 and died on 25 August 1918 at the 41st Casualty Clearing Station, France, aged 33. He is buried in the Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France.