Studio portrait of 2887 Private (Pte) Kingsley Arnold Wesley Cyril Bidgood, 50th Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P05574.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: South Australia
Date made c 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 2887 Private (Pte) Kingsley Arnold Wesley Cyril Bidgood, 50th Battalion, of Mannahill, SA. A coachbuilder prior to enlisting on 21 June 1916, Pte Bidgood embarked from Adelaide, SA, aboard HMAT Afric, on 6 November 1916. He was killed in action on 14 October 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium, aged 18 years.