Studio portrait of 4178 Private (Pte) Francis Harrup Northey, 22nd Battalion, of North Fitzroy, ...

Places	Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Fitzroy
Accession Number	P07641.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker	Unknown
Date made	23 May 1916
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 4178 Private (Pte) Francis Harrup Northey, 22nd Battalion, of North Fitzroy, Vic. A clerk prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 10th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916. While serving in France, Pte Northey was killed in action during the Second Battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917, aged 25.