Studio portrait of VX41228 Trooper (Tpr) Richard Smith, 2/7 Cavalry Commando Squadron, of ...

Accession Number P07547.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Kalma
Place made Australia: Victoria, Bendigo
Date made c 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of VX41228 Trooper (Tpr) Richard Smith, 2/7 Cavalry Commando Squadron, of Balranald, NSW. A grocer prior to enlistment, Tpr Smith served in New Guinea. On 8 March 1945 he died in Australia of wounds received in action. He was 25 years of age.