P05248.080 Accession Number: P05248.080

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Studio portrait of 8006 Gunner Wilfred Stanley Merlin (also known as Wilfred Stanford Merlin), 6th Field Artillery Brigade of Ripponlea, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Persic (A34) on 22 Novemberr 1915. On 1 August 1916, aged 27, he died of cerebral menengitis at Hern, France. He is buried in the Hem Communal Cemetery, France.

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Accession Number
P05248.080
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Date Made
1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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