Portrait of Private William Walker 5217

Accession Number P09795.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker The Marlborough Post Card
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1916
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 5217 Private (Pte) William Walker, 6th Battalion. Pte Walker, a 39 year old labourer from Mildura, Victoria, enlisted in February 1916. He survived the war to die accidentaly by drowning, whilst on convalescent leave in England on 11 December 1918.