P09114.007 Accession Number: P09114.007

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Studio portrait of 653 Sapper (Spr) Peter Hodgetts, 2nd Divisional Signal Company. Spr Hodgetts, a tram conductor from Ballarat, Vic prior to enlistment, embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Borda on 22 December 1914. Later transferring to the 4th Divisional Signal Company he was killed in action by enemy aircraft on 7 July 1917, aged 23. He was buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), France.

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Accession Number
P09114.007
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
1914
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Reynolds
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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