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Studio portrait of 2215 Private (Pte) Albert James Handley. A 20 year old plumber from Bairnsdale, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Handley embarked with the 4th Reinforcements, 46th Battalion from Melbourne on RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916. He was later invalided to England suffering from influenza. After re-joining his unit he was wounded in the left arm and abdomen and evacuated to the 17th Casualty Clearing Station where, on 1 October 1917, he succumbed to his wounds and was buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
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Colour: Black & white
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