P08624.437 Accession Number: P08624.437

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Studio portrait of 5975 Private Ernest Buckland, 3rd Battalion of Canley Vale, NSW. A plumber prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 22 August 1916. A week after landing in France, he was wounded in action, by shrapnel, on 26 December 1916, near Flers, France. He died later that day at the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Bernafay Wood, France, aged 44. He is buried in the Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France.

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Accession Number
P08624.437
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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