Informal portrait of 1417 Signaller (Sig) Stuart (Dick) Smith of Ballarat, Victoria. Sig Smith ...

Accession Number P06257.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
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

Informal portrait of 1417 Signaller (Sig) Stuart (Dick) Smith of Ballarat, Victoria. Sig Smith enlisted in on the 3 August 1915, and formed part of the 11th Reinforcements of the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment. He was killed by shell fire during the Battle of Romani on the 4 August 1916, and is buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt.