Studio portrait of 1602 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Allan Bennett, 32nd Battalion. A grocer from ...

Accession Number P10197.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
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 1602 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Allan Bennett, 32nd Battalion. A grocer from Claremont, WA, prior to enlistment on 22 July 1915, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Geelong (A2) four months later. L Cpl Bennett was killed in action in Fromelles, on 20 July 1916, while helping a fellow soldier who was also wounded. He was 31 years of age.