Studio portrait of 242 Private Leslie Percy Wride, 42th Battalion, of Killarney Qld, son of Harry ...

Accession Number P05301.104
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, United Kingdom: Wales
Date made 1916
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 242 Private Leslie Percy Wride, 42th Battalion, of Killarney Qld, son of Harry Frank Wride. A coachsmith prior to enlisting at Killarney, Qld on 2 November 1915. He embarked from Sydney, NSW aboard HMAT Borda (A30) on 5 June 1916. He died of wounds on 7 January 1917 in France, aged 21. He is buried in Trois-Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.