Accession Number | P05212.005 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
William H Hammer & Co |
Place made | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 12775 Private John Walsh, Stretcher Bearer, 11th Field Ambulance. A postal ...
Description
Studio portrait of 12775 Private John Walsh, Stretcher Bearer, 11th Field Ambulance. A postal assistant of Wallaroo, SA, he embarked with the unit from Adelaide in May 1916. At the end of the war he attended officer training and was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant with the 44th Battalion, a brief appointment which was terminated on his return to Australia in 1919 when he was discharged.