Studio portrait of 79 Corporal (Cpl) Raymond Leslie Jones. A salesman from Essendon, Victoria, ...

Accession Number P10843.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made c December 1916 - April 1917
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 79 Corporal (Cpl) Raymond Leslie Jones. A salesman from Essendon, Victoria, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Melbourne with the 14th Battalion aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 22 December 1914. He was promoted to Sergeant (Sgt) in December 1916. Sgt Jones was killed in action in France on 11 April 1917. He was 24 years old.