Studio portrait of 4710 Private (Pte) Charles Hauenstein, 23rd Battalion, of Hamilton, Vic., ...

Accession Number P07038.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made c April 1915
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 4710 Private (Pte) Charles Hauenstein, 23rd Battalion, of Hamilton, Vic., (left) and his brother-in-law. Pte Hauenstein was a carpenter before enlisting on 14 February 1916, and embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Euripides on 4 April 1916 with the 12th Reinforcements. He was killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux on 3 May 1917 at the age of 29.