P08941.001 Accession Number: P08941.001

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Pre-enlistment studio portrait of 5092 Private (Pte) Albert Charles Pike, 18th Battalion, of Leichhardt, NSW. An linesman prior to enlisting in January 1916, Pte Pike embarked from Sydney with the 13th Reinforcements on board HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 5 June 1916. Pte Pike, a signaller, was killed in action at Lillebecke, Passchendaele, Belgium, on 9 October 1917 when the pill-box in which he and two other men were setting up equipment was hit by a shell. Pte Pike was 24 years of age.

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Accession Number
P08941.001
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c 1914
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor B Riedy
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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