Studio portrait of Captain Evan Selwyn Richards, 20th Battalion, of Vaucluse, NSW. A fire ...

Place Europe: France
Accession Number P05301.062
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Sydney Mail
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of Captain Evan Selwyn Richards, 20th Battalion, of Vaucluse, NSW. A fire insurance inspector prior to enlisting on 5 May 1915, he embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard HMAT Berrima on 25 June 1915. He died of wounds on 5 September 1916, aged 26, and is buried in the Puchevillers British Cemetery, France.