P03767.001 Accession Number: P03767.001

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Portrait of 3397 Corporal (Cpl) Herbert (Bert) Newton, 44th Battalion, and his wife Mary Magnolia Newton, of Fremantle, WA. Cpl Newton's rank was relinquished when he marched into Larkhill Camp, England, in August 1917. Private Newton was killed in action during the German offensive on the Somme at Sailly le Sec, France, on 5 April 1918 and he is memorialised at Villers Bretonneux, having no known grave.

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Accession Number
P03767.001
Photographer
Melba Studio
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: b&w
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
1916-1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor A. Gray.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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