Description
Studio portrait possibly of 427 Private (Pte) Theophilus Bennett, B Company, 31st Battalion, of Melbourne, Vic (originally of Christchurch, New Zealand), aged 28. Pte Bennett enlisted on 8 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard either HMAT Bakara on 5 November 1915 or HMAT Warilda on 9 November 1915. He returned to Australia on 20 December 1918. Pte Bennett was awarded the Military Medal (MM) on 24 January 1919. Note his RM(?O) armband.
Details
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c September 1915
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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