Accession Number | P05329.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | c December 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 4274 Private (Pte) Fritz Christian Noske, 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4274 Private (Pte) Fritz Christian Noske, 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Stawell West, Vic. A saddler prior to enlisting on 21 July 1915, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915 after training at Seymour Camp. On 31 March 1916 he was tranferred to the 46th Battalion. Pte Noske was wounded in France on 9 January 1917 and died of tetanus on 24 January 1917, aged 24 years.