Accession Number | P05301.168 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 4612 Private Walter William Nicholson, 1st (later 45th) Battalion of Concord, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4612 Private Walter William Nicholson, 1st (later 45th) Battalion of Concord, NSW. Son of Walter and Amelia Nicholson. A fireman's assistant prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916. He died of wounds on 24 August 1916 in Wandsworth, England, aged 20. He is buried in Wandsworth Cemetery, England.