Studio portrait of 3910 Private (Pte) William Claude Phillips, 23rd Battalion. A chairmaker from ...

Accession Number P09457.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c 1915
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 3910 Private (Pte) William Claude Phillips, 23rd Battalion. A chairmaker from South Melbourne, Victoria, Pte Phillips was 20 years old when he enlisted in August 1915. Later promoted to corporal, he was killed in action on 12 May 1917 at Bullecourt, France.