State Library of South Australia

William Freeman [B 46130/41] • Photograph

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Summary

Mr William Freeman, South Australian Corps of Veterans.

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Physical description

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

Dates / Publication details

1916

Collections

Part of Album Collection
Part of Chamberlain Collection

Subject

Freeman, William Wilkie, 1830-1934

Catalogue record

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Historical information

William Freeman was born on 14 February 1830. He served for nearly two years as a member of the Naval Transport Corps during the Crimean War. He came to South Australia in 1880 and after making trips to Manila and Hong Kong he worked on vessels on the coast. A foundation member of the South Australian Corps of Veterans, at the time of his 104th birthday he was considered to be the oldest man in South Australia. He died at Estcourt House, Grange, on 7 August 1934, and was buried with military honours in the West Terrace Cemetery.

Digitisation information

Date

11/09/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,930 x 5,304 pixels (20.8 MP)

Size

62.56 MB

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