Studio portrait of 333 Private (Pte) Albert Hector Frith, 8th Battalion, of Clunes, Vic. A farm ...

Accession Number P08086.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1914
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 333 Private (Pte) Albert Hector Frith, 8th Battalion, of Clunes, Vic. A farm labourer prior to enlisting in August 1914, Pte Frith embarked on board HMAT Benalla (A24) on 19 October 1914. The 8th Battalion landed at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915. Pte Frith was killed in action on 8 May 1915 at Cape Helles, Gallipoli. He was 19 years of age.