H01558 Accession Number: H01558

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Studio portrait of 3127 Private (Pte) Sydney Walton, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, from East Pingelly, Western Australia. A 25 year old farmer prior to enlisting on 25 October 1916, he embarked for overseas with the Reinforcement 6 from Fremantle, Western Australia aboard HMAT Persic (A34) on 29 December 1916. Following further training in England, Pte Walton arrived in France in September 1917, served on the Western Front and then arrived back in Australia on 27 September 1919. His two brothers, 3126 Pte Albert Walton [see image H01560] and 1920 Pte Hubert Walton [see image H01559] also served.

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Accession Number
H01558
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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