Studio portraits of 312 Private (Pte) Cecil Robert Winch, B Company, 1st Battalion, of Balmain, ...

Accession Number P08894.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made 1914
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 portraits of 312 Private (Pte) Cecil Robert Winch, B Company, 1st Battalion, of Balmain, NSW. A wood machinist prior to enlistment he embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Afric (A19) on 18 October 1914. Pte Winch was killed in action on 25 April 1915 aged 23. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.