P08947.001 Accession Number: P08947.001

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Studio portrait of 3639 Private (Pte) Leonard Smith, 23rd Battalion, of Toora, Vic, formerly of Northamptonshire, England. A labourer prior to enlisting in September 1915, Pte Smith embarked from Melbourne with the 8th Reinforcements on board HMAT Afric (A19) on 5 January 1916. In France, he was transferred to the 24th Battalion on 6 June and to the 22nd Battalion on 17 August. Pte Smith was killed in action near Pozieres, France, on 26 August 1916. He was 22 years of age.

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Accession Number
P08947.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor G Smith
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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