| Accession Number | P08808.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Samuels Ltd |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | c May 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 3374 Private (Pte) Victor Hugo Schmahl, 46th Battalion. A member of the 8th ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3374 Private (Pte) Victor Hugo Schmahl, 46th Battalion. A member of the 8th Reinforcements, 39th Battalion, and a grocer's assistant, he embarked, along with his brother 3388 Pte Gordon Lionel Schmahl, a blacksmith, and both of Hampton, Victoria, aboard HMAT Wiltshire (A18), leaving from Sydney on 2 February 1918. The brothers had joined the Sportsmens Thousand, a unit comprised of men recruited through a campaign to attract enlistments associated with sports; their attestation form describes the unit as the Fifth Sports Unit. After periods of training in England, Pte Schmahl arrived in France in July 1918 and was taken on strength with the 46th Battalion. In August 1918 he received a shot wound to the heel and was invalided to England. He returned to Australia in January 1919.