Accession Number | P10116.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Ballarat, Australia: Victoria, Ballarat |
Date made | c 1914-1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 683 Private (Pte) Joshua George Greening, 31st Battalion. A painter by ...
Description
Studio portrait of 683 Private (Pte) Joshua George Greening, 31st Battalion. A painter by profession when he enlisted on 14 July 1915, he had previously served in the Citizen Military Forces in Ballarat. He embarked with his unit aboard HMAT Wandilla (A62) on 7 December 1915. Pte Greening served on the Western Front in France and was killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles on 20 July 1916. He was 25 years old.