PORTER, BERT
B/W Print. Head & shoulders studio photo of Bert Porter. His hair is swept back and he is wearing a dark jacket with collar and revers, a darker high buttoned waistcoat with revers and a stiff, high white collar and check tie. He has a watch chain across between the buttons with a medallion attached to the chain. Handwriten on rear [ Bert Porter/ Killed in 1st World War./ Husband of Annie had 1 son/ Brother of Ruth Efford./ (Mother of Sam, Ivy ...].
Lance Corporal Herbert Bishop Porter was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and educated in Claremont. He was the son of Mary-Anne and William Porter. Porter enlisted in August 1915 and left for Egypt in September 1915. Later drafted to France with the 51st battalion. Killed in action August 6, 1916 while serving in the Machine Gun Section at Moquet Farm.
