P08891.002 Accession Number: P08891.002

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Studio portrait of 511 Corporal (Cpl) Frederick Furnell, Railway Unit, Section 2, of Ascot Vale, Vic. A fireman prior to his enlistment he embarked on board HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 19 February 1917. He proceeded to France and was attached to the 15th Light Railway operating Company; he was killed in action on the 19 September 1917, aged 30. Cpl Furnell is buried at the Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.

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Accession Number
P08891.002
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
1917
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H Brombey
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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