Accession Number | H12727 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | At sea |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Portrait of 5540 Private (Pte) William Blackadder, 26th Battalion of Cairns, Qld. A native of ...
Description
Portrait of 5540 Private (Pte) William Blackadder, 26th Battalion of Cairns, Qld. A native of Berwick, Scotland, Pte Blackadder was employed as a storeman prior to enlistment. He embarked with the 15th Reinforcements from Brisbane on HMAT Clan MacGillivray on 7th September 1916. He was killed in action in France on 26th March 1917 and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial