P05301.294 Accession Number: P05301.294

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Studio portrait of 1993 Pte (later Cpl) Harry Collings, 2nd (later 11th Field Artillery Brigade) Light Horse Regiment, of Brisbane, Qld. Son of Robert and Annie Collings, husband of Edith Sarah Collings of Clunes, NSW. A dairy farmer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Wandilla (A62) on 31 January 1915. He was wounded in action, on 15 January 1917, in France, and died of his wounds on 16 January 1917 at the 12th Australian Field Ambulance Advanced Dressing Station, France, aged 25. He is buried in the Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France.

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Accession Number
P05301.294
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Date Made
c 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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