H05499 Accession Number: H05499

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Studio portrait of 531 Private (Pte) Norman Wakefield Folks, 14th Battalion. A blacksmith from Bonnie Doon, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Folks embarked with D Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 22 December 1914. After initially being declared as missing in action, a later Court of Enquiry determined that he had been killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915 aged 26. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial. His younger brother, 3816 Pte Allan Edward Folks was subsequently killed in action in France.

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Accession Number
H05499
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Measurement
Overall: 18.8 cm x 12 cm
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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