Studio portrait of 4231 Private (Pte) Arthur William Woodward, 22nd Battalion, of Fitzroy, Vic. A ...

Accession Number P06939.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Marlborough Studios
Date made 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 4231 Private (Pte) Arthur William Woodward, 22nd Battalion, of Fitzroy, Vic. A tailor before enlisting in December 1915, Pte Woodward left Australia with the 10th Reinforcements in March 1916. Pte Woodward was wounded in the upper leg during the Second Battle of Bullecourt on 5 May 1917, and died at the 5th General Hospital at Rouen 18 days later, aged 28.