Accession Number | P05301.190 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: Queensland |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 3039 Private Alexander Fleming 9th (later 49th) Battalion of Ipswich, Qld. ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3039 Private Alexander Fleming 9th (later 49th) Battalion of Ipswich, Qld. Son of John and Margaret Fleming. A motor-driver prior to enlisting, he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Warialda (A69) on 5 October 1915. He was killed in action on 3 September 1916 near Pozieres, France, aged 21. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.