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Studio portrait of 3074 Sapper Harold Wilfred Masters, 5th Field Company Engineers from Walhalla, Victoria. A 24 year old bridge-carpenter prior to enlisting on 17 July 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the November 1915 Reinforcements from Melbourne, Victoria aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 24 November 1915. After disembarking in Egypt, he proceeded to France in March and served in Belgium and France where he was killed in action 6 May 1917 near Bullecourt. Sapper Masters is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave.
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Colour: Black & white
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