Studio portrait of 6408 Private (Pte) Joseph Roy Wright, 21st Battalion, of Dimboola, Vic. A ...

Accession Number P07739.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made 1916
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 6408 Private (Pte) Joseph Roy Wright, 21st Battalion, of Dimboola, Vic. A farmer before enlisting in October 1916, Pte Wright left Australia for England with the 18th Reinforcements in November 1916 and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in May 1917. He was killed during the 21st Battalion's attack on Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, on 4 October 1917, aged 25.