| Accession Number | P04537.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Cruden, James Charles |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | c 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 542 Driver Leonard Alexander Rial, Brigade Ammunition Column, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Description
Studio portrait of 542 Driver (Dvr) Leonard Alexander Rial, Brigade Ammunition Column, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, of Albury, NSW, wearing a King George V Coronation Medal (1911). A clerk with the Dalgety Company, he enlisted on 24 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Argyllshire on 18 October 1914. He was killed in action 22 July 1916 at Pozieres in France and is buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz. Two of his family members also served with the AIF. They were, his brother, 105 Corporal Owen Campbell Rial, 37th Battalion, who died of wounds on 27 February 1917 at Armentieres, France; and his cousin, 6198 Lance Corporal Ronald James Rial, 19th Battalion, who was killed in action on 6 October 1917, at Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium.