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Studio portrait of 1003 Sergeant (Sgt) William Bryan Chisholm, 4th Field Ambulance from South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria. A 24 year old engineer prior to enlisting on 19 October 1914, he embarked for overseas service as a Private with A Section, 4th Field Ambulance from Melbourne aboard HMAT Berrima (A35) on 22 December 1914. After disembarking in Egypt, he served at Gallipoli before returning to Egypt in December. He proceeded to France in June 1916 and was promoted to Temporary Sergeant in October and to Sergeant in February 1917. He was killed in action in France on 6 May 1917 and is buried in the Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France.
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Colour: Black & white
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