Informal portrait of SX3953 Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas William Wheatley, RAA Adelaide Costal ...

Accession Number P07667.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: South Australia, Woodville
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of SX3953 Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas William Wheatley, RAA Adelaide Costal Artillery, Largs Battery, of Jamestown, SA (originally of Glasgow, Scotland). He was a permanent soldier prior to enlistment in the 2nd AIF on 30 May 1940. Lt Wheatley, aged 37, died of injuries on 28 September 1944.