H05628 Accession Number: H05628

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Studio portrait of 173 Private (Pte) Harold Harry Abell. Originally from Leicester, England, Pte Abell was a railway porter from Brisbane, Queensland prior to enlistment and embarked with A Company, 9th Battalion from Brisbane on HMAT Omrah on 24 September 1914. He was later wounded when his billets were shelled and he was evacuated to the 7th Casualty Clearing Station where, on 21 April 1916, he succumbed to his wounds and was buried in the Merville Community Cemetery, Dunkirk, France.

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Accession Number
H05628
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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