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Studio portrait of 3135 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Arthur Wilfred Auhl, 53rd Infantry Battalion from Bathurst, NSW. An 18 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 20 July 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the 10th Reinforcements of the 1st Battalion from Sydney, NSW aboard HMAT Warilda (A69) on 8 October 1915. After arriving in Egypt, he transferred to the 53rd Battalion and went with them to France in June 1916. He was killed in action on 24 September 1917 near Ypres, Belgium and was buried in the 131 Spoilbank Cemetery at Zillebeke, Belgium.
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Colour: Black & white
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