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Leslie Hams [B 46130/353] • Photograph

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Summary

Private Leslie Ray Hams, 1st Australian Imperial Force.

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Physical description

Negative (glass, half plate);
16.6 cm x 12.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1915

Collections

Part of Album Collection
Part of Chamberlain Collection
Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Hams, Leslie Ray, 1897-1969
Soldiers -- South Australia
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia
Military uniforms

Catalogue record

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Historical information

Service number 2163, Private Leslie Ray Hams was born at Jamestown, South Australia, on 22 April 1897. He enlisted at Oaklands on 20 January 1915 and served with the 10th Infantry Battalion in France. He was taken as a prisoner of war on 22 August 1916 during the Battle of Mouquet Farm and held at the Dulmen POW Camp in Germany. After the was he was repatriated and returned to Adelaide in 1919. He married Winifred Coleman on 5 June 1920 and died at Daw Park on 6 August 1969.

Digitisation information

Date

31/10/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

9,712 x 13,097 pixels (127.2 MP)

Size

381.62 MB

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