Studio portrait of 4160 Private William Lee, 19th Battalion of Granville, NSW. A carter prior to ...

Accession Number P08624.179
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 4160 Private William Lee, 19th Battalion of Granville, NSW. A carter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 11 March 1916. He was killed in action at the Somme, France, on 14 November 1916, aged 27. He is buried in the Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.