Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA08640

Description

Studio portrait of 1191 (later 19447) Sapper (Spr) Leslie Harry Piening, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, of Mile End, SA. Spr Piening enlisted on 8 March 1915 and returned to Australia on 4 August 1915 having been wounded at Gallipoli. He was invalided and discharged on 24 January 1916. On 26 September 1917 he re-enlisted with the Australian Army Medical Corps and embarked aboard HMAT Wiltshire on 10 June 1918. On 11 April 1919 he was wounded during a civilian uprising in Egypt and he returned to Australia on 12 April 1919.

Details

Accession Number
DA08640
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
c 6 May 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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