Portrait of 292 Trooper (Tpr) Leslie Raymond Arthur, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, of Lismore NSW. ...

Accession Number P04755.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file
Place made Australia
Date made c September 1914
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 292 Trooper (Tpr) Leslie Raymond Arthur, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, of Lismore NSW. Tpr Leslie Arthur was a farm assistant when he enlisted at Enoggera, Qld, on 16 August 1914 and embarked aboard HMAT Star of England on 24 September 1914. He served on Gallipoli Peninsula with his regiment and was wounded and later killed in action on 7 August 1915, two days after his 18th birthday.