Studio portrait of 116 Private (Pte) Herbert William Harley, A Company, 42nd Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P08908.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made c May 1916
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 116 Private (Pte) Herbert William Harley, A Company, 42nd Battalion, of Bungabee, NSW. A blacksmith prior to enlistment he embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Borda (A30) on 5 June 1916. Pte Harley was killed in action on 3 July 1917 at Warneton near Messines, aged 23. He is buried at the Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium.