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Shire of Toodyay > Records

PORTRAIT OF EDWARD ERNEST COLLYN (COLLYNS), 1883 -1918

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c. 1915

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Overview

A small sepia photo of Edward Ernest Collyn (Collyns) (1883-1918).
Head and shoulders in World War 1 uniform.
No beard or moustache. Wearing a peaked cap and leather pouches across chest.
Photo is mounted on brown card, with decorative printed border.

Historical information

Edward Ernest Collyn was born in 1884 at Geraldton, and died, aged 34, in 1918 at Amiens during World War 1.
(Service no. 19742, Sapper, 13th Field Company Australian Engineers)

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cwa-org-37-2001.1165

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Social History
War and Conflict

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Width

11.5000 cm

Height or length

15.9000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Written in pencil on back: My Dear Brother & Sister Geo & Ber [ie Bertha] With fond love from Ern, 10 [or D] Compa..Field? E.. Ros.. Written on back in blue ink: Edward Ernest Colynn Son of Peter & Mary Colynn. Donated by Frederick George York, Dalwallinu.

Contextual Information

Edward Ernest Collyn was the son of Peter & Mary Collyn. Peter was a locomotive driver on the Toodyay-Clackline railway line.

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