Studio portrait of 5675 Private (Pte) George Herbert Roy Marshall, 27th Battalion. A hammer ...

Accession Number H06402
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 5675 Private (Pte) George Herbert Roy Marshall, 27th Battalion. A hammer driller from Iron Knob, SA prior to enlistment, Pte Marshall embarked with the 15th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Ballarat on 12 August 1916. Whilst serving in France he was killed in action on 6 March 1917, aged 24, and was buried in the Adanac Military Cemetery, France.