Description
Studio portrait of 962 Private (Pte) Norman Robert Peate (incorrectly described as Peat on the Honour Board), 20th Battalion, of Chatswood, NSW. A shipping clerk prior to his enlistment at Pymble on 30 December 1914, he died of disease at No. 38 Casualty Clearing Station, Heilly, France, on 20 January 1917. This portrait is one of a number displayed on a photo montage Honour Board made for the department store Anthony Hordern and Sons Ltd, Sydney by the returned soldier and sailor employees of the company. It commemorated 46 of the company's 48 employees who died as a result of their service in the First World War.
Details
Accession Number
P02599.026
Photographer
Sidney Riley Studios
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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