Accession Number | P05301.037 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Sydney Mail |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 4267 Private (Pte) Walter Lorne Pattison, 2nd Battalion, of Dawes Point, NSW. ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4267 Private (Pte) Walter Lorne Pattison, 2nd Battalion, of Dawes Point, NSW. A coal lumper prior to enlisting in Millers Point, NSW, on 20 September 1915, Pte Pattison embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard HMAT Aeneas on 30 December 1915. He was awarded the Military Medal for his actions at Zonnebeke, Belgium, on the 7th November 1917 and was killed in action on 4 May 1918, aged 29.