| Accession Number | P06255.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c February 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
A group portrait of 24 members of the 3rd Reinforcements of the 45th Battalion. Identified in the ...
Description
A group portrait of 24 members of the 3rd Reinforcements of the 45th Battalion. Identified in the third row, far left is 2000 Private (Pte) Frederick Glenalvon Smith of Parramatta, who returned to Australia in July 1919. Four men in the portrait are wearing Military Medal ribbons above their left breast pocket, and the man in the second row on the far right is holding a dog. The portrait appears on the front of a postcard sent to Smith's sister in Sydney, to whom he writes 'This is a photo of the boys who are left out of 150 who came away with me. I expect to be leaving here for England before sailing for Australia any day now and I am looking forward to the day when I land in Sydney again'. After the war Smith worked in the Meggit's Oil and Seed Factory in Parramatta, where he lost an eye in an industrial accident.