Collection of Lieutenant Clifton Albert Sweetnam, 53rd Battalion

Accession Number AWM2020.377.1
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Moore, May
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c November 1916-February 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 7315 Private (Pte) Arthur Eric Sweetnam, 24th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion. A motor mechanic of Paddington, NSW, he embarked from Sydney on 10 February 1917. On 22 September 1917 he was wounded in action, requiring medical treatment in England. He returned to Australia, leaving England on 16 May 1918.