P11665.001 Accession Number: P11665.001

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Studio portrait of 11147 Bombardier (Bdr) Erle Victor Weiss, 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade, of Singleton, NSW. Bdr Weiss was killed in action on 9 August 1918. His brother, 3578A Private (Pte) Frederick Alfred Weiss, 53rd Battalion was also killed in action almost two years earlier on 19 July 1916 at Fromelles. A third brother, NX36483 Pte Harry Blanch Weiss, served with the 2/30 Battalion in the Second World War, was taken prisoner of war of the Japanese and died of illness whilst in captivity in Thailand on 30 September 1943.

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Accession Number
P11665.001
Photographer
Chesney Studio
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Digital file
Date Made
c 1917-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Klabe
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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