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Studio portrait of 5107 Private (Pte) Norman Leslie Howe, 7th Battalion from Eaglehawk, Victoria. An 18 year old baker prior to enlistment on 8 February 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. He was wounded in action at Passchendaele, Belgium and evacuated to the 10th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium where he died of wounds the next day, 5 October 1916. Pte Howe is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
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Colour: Black & white
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