Accession Number | P05212.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 204 Private Thomas Francis (Frank) Weathers, A Squadron, 9th Light Horse ...
Description
Studio portrait of 204 Private Thomas Francis (Frank) Weathers, A Squadron, 9th Light Horse Regiment, who died of wounds on 15 June 1915 at the Gallipoli Peninsula. A coachman of South Australia, he enlisted in the AIF on 11 September 1914. After receiving shrapnel wounds he was hospitalised at Anzac Cove, where he subsequently died. His burial was officiated over by Chaplain Edward Makeham. This image is the left hand section of a composite image of the three Weathers brothers (P05212.001).