P08624.012 Accession Number: P08624.012

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Studio portrait of 1508 Private (later Sergeant) George Stanley Blumer, 3rd (later 45th) Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A woolbuyer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides on 20 October 1914. Sgt Blumer was killed in action at Messines Ridge, Belgium, on 7th June 1917, aged 28. He was buried in the field but postwar, his grave was never found. He is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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Accession Number
P08624.012
Maker
Cumberland
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Date Made
1920
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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