Studio portrait of 470 Private (Pte) William Hampstead Field, 43rd Battalion. A native of Clare, ...

Places	Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines Oceania: Australia, South Australia
Accession Number	P06358.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white - Digital print
Maker	Unknown
Date made	c 1916
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945 First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 470 Private (Pte) William Hampstead Field, 43rd Battalion. A native of Clare, South Australia, Field had been a stockman, manager of a pastoral property, and a Mounted Police Constable prior to the war. He embarked for service overseas from Adelaide with C Company aboard HMAT Afric (A19) on 9 June 1916, leaving behind his wife and unborn son. Pte Field was killed in action at Messines, Belgium on 31 July 1917, aged 29. Pte Field's son, William Henry (Billy) Field, later served in the Second World War and was attached to 13 Squadron RAAF. He was listed as missing in the Celebes on 19 January 1942, aged 26.