Studio portrait of 2621 Private (Pte) Frederick James Basset, 52nd Battalion. A platelayer of ...

Accession Number P05226.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
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 2621 Private (Pte) Frederick James Basset, 52nd Battalion. A platelayer of Murwillumbah Nsw, Basset enlisted on 22 May 1916. He embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 7 October 1916 with the 6th Reinforcements. On the 15 May 1917 Pte Basset was wounded in action and returned to Australia on 18 October 1917.