Studio portrait of 4443 Private William George Hatton, 17th Battalion of Lithgow, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.255
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Cumberland
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1920
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 4443 Private William George Hatton, 17th Battalion of Lithgow, NSW. A furnaceman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 9 April 1916. He was killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux, France on 1 July 1918, aged 26. He is buried in the Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France.