| Accession Number | P08090.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital file JPEG |
| Maker |
Tooley, Ernest |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Wagga Wagga |
| Date made | c 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Composite studio portrait of NX35985 Private (Pte) Richard Alexander (Dick) Matheson (left), 2/3 ...
Description
Composite studio portrait of NX35985 Private (Pte) Richard Alexander (Dick) Matheson (left), 2/3 Pioneer Battalion, and his brother NX35398 Pte William John Matheson, 2/19 Battalion, both of Wagga Wagga and Rosewood, NSW. A farrier in civilian life, Pte Richard Matheson enlisted in 1939 in Corryong, Vic, as a trooper in 8th Light Horse Regiment (a militia unit) with the service number V23024. On 29 June 1940 in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Pte Matheson enlisted in the army. Later promoted to the rank of corporal, he was killed in action on 26 November 1941 at El Alamein, aged 31. Pte William Matheson enlisted on 19 June 1940. He was killed in action on 20 January 1942 in Malaya, aged 24.