Portrait of 1829 Private (Pte) Francis Singleton of the 14th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial ...

Accession Number P06082.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of 1829 Private (Pte) Francis Singleton of the 14th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force. Originally from England, Pte Singleton served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the British Army during the Boer War, when he was only 17 years of age. At age 30, he enlisted in the AIF on 13 January 1915. He returned to Australia on 10 March 1918. His son, Edward George Singleton, would later serve as a wireless operator and air gunner in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War (P06082.001)