Studio portrait of 1168 Private (later Sergeant) Leslie Alfred Parsons, 11th Battalion (later ...

Accession Number H19318
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1914
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 1168 Private (later Sergeant) Leslie Alfred Parsons, 11th Battalion (later 51st Battalion), of Korrelocking, WA. Sergeant Parsons was killed in action at Mouquet Farm on 3 September 1916, and is buried at Serra Road Cemetery No. 2. His brother 2001 Corporal Cecil Clement Parsons, 51st Battalion, was awarded the Military Medal for actions at Villers Bretonneux on the night of 23/24 April 1918.