Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Richard Hampden Guthrie, 27th Battalion who was a 24 year old ...

Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Richard Hampden Guthrie, 27th Battalion who was a 24 year old shipping clerk when he enlisted on 11 January 1915. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 26 May 1915 and joined the 27th Battalion at Gallipoli. After Gallipoli, the 27th Battalion returned to Egypt, and then proceeded to France as part of the 2nd Australian Division. The 27th Battalion entered the front-line trenches for the first time on 7 April 1916 and took part in its first major battle at Pozières between 28 July and 5 August. After a spell in a quieter sector of the front in Belgium, the 2nd Division returned to the south in October 1916. Lt Guthrie was wounded in action at Flers, France, on 5 November 1916 and died on 6 November 1916 at 1st Anzac Medical Dressing Station, France. He was buried at Dartmoor Cemetery Becordel-Becort, one and a half miles south east of Albert, France. One of 131 photographs displayed on an honour board showing members of the Adelaide Rowing Club who enlisted for active service in the First World War. The original is held by the Adelaide Rowing Club who kindly loaned the board to the Australian War Memorial for copying.