Accession Number | H06495 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 5129 Private (Pte) Eric Lang, 48th Battalion. A farmer of Donnybrook, WA, he ...
Description
Studio portrait of 5129 Private (Pte) Eric Lang, 48th Battalion. A farmer of Donnybrook, WA, he enlisted on 6 January 1916 and sailed from Fremantle on HMAT Stropshire with the 16th Reinforcements on 31 March 1916. He was killed in action on 8 August 1916, near the windmill at Pozieres. He is commemorated on panel 146, Villers Bretonneux, France. (See also P03483.030)