Studio portrait of 3965 Private Henry Whittemore, 13th (later 4th Pioneer) Battalion of ...

Accession Number P08624.219
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 3965 Private Henry Whittemore, 13th (later 4th Pioneer) Battalion of Granville, NSW. A flour miller prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic (A29) on 20 December 1915. He was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 6 August 1916, aged 23. He is buried in the Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, France