Accession Number | P08791.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1915 - 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 4646 Lance Corporal, (L/Cpl), James Patrick Fallon, 11th Battalion, of Perth, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4646 Lance Corporal, (L/Cpl), James Patrick Fallon, 11th Battalion, of Perth, WA. Formerly a clerk, L/Cpl Fallon enlisted on 18 October 1915 and as a member of the 14th Reinforcements, he embarked from Fremantle, WA, aboard HMAT Miltiades (A28) on 12 February 1916. He served on the Western Front where he was killed in action on 16 April 1917, during the battle of Lagnicourt, aged 23 years.