P06787.002 Accession Number: P06787.002

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Studio portrait of 150 Private (Pte) Hugh Richard Biggin, 11th Battalion, of Pingelly, WA. A farmer before enlisting in August 1914, Pte Biggin left Australia as an original 11th Battalion member in November 1914 and served on Gallipoli and the Western Front. He was with a lewis gun section at Mouquet Farm when he was killed instantly by a German shell on 20 August 1916, age 25.

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Accession Number
P06787.002
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
1914
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor L Ardagh
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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