Studio portrait of Frank Richardson of Forest Lodge, NSW. Frank was a 2nd Lieutenant in the ...

Accession Number P08133.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Sidney Riley Studios
Date made c 1912
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 Frank Richardson of Forest Lodge, NSW. Frank was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Senior Cadets attached to the 29th Infantry Regiment (Australian Rifles). In September 1915, aged 18, he enlisted in the 1st Battalion. 3824 Private Richardson arrrived for service on the Western Front on 23 March 1916 and was killed in action at Pozieres between 22 and 25 July 1916. He was 18 years of age