P09291.500 Accession Number: P09291.500

Description

Outdoor portrait of 6283 Private (Pte) Vincent Arthur Kennard, 16th Battalion. A farmer from Albany, Western Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Fremantle on 13 October 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk, for Plymouth, England. After training in England he proceeded to France and was transferred to the 32nd Battalion on 16 March 1917 and joined his new unit on the Western Front near Grevillers, France. Pte Kennard was killed in action near Ypres, Belgium, on 30 September 1917. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Ypres, Menin Gate Memorial. He was aged 24 years.

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Accession Number
P09291.500
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Date Made
c March 1916
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Freeman
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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