H05822 Accession Number: H05822

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Studio portrait of 4780 Private (Pte) Edwin John Byrne, 18th Battalion. A dairy hand from Auburn, New South Wales, prior to enlistment on 3 February 1916, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic on 13 April 1916 for England. Following training in England he joined his battalion on the Western Front, France, on 23 September 1916. Pte Byrne was killed in action near Albert, France, on 8 November 1916. He was aged 23 years.

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Accession Number
H05822
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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