P05301.156 Accession Number: P05301.156

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Studio portrait of 1717 Private Augustus Herbert Francis, 16th Battalion of Unley, SA. Son of John and Margaret Francis of Carlton, Sydney, NSW. A linesman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 1 April 1915. He was killed in action on 12 August 1916 in France, aged 29. He has no known grave, and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

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Accession Number
P05301.156
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Date Made
c 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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