Studio portrait of 7238 Wheeler Sergeant (later Sergeant) Norman Frederick Reid, 5th Field ...

Accession Number P05301.265
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
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 7238 Wheeler Sergeant (later Sergeant) Norman Frederick Reid, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, of Crows Nest, NSW, son of William and Lucy Jane Reid. A mechanic prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Persic (A34) on 18 November 1916. He was killed in action at Flers, France on 19 November 1916, aged 21. He is buried in the Caterpiller Valley Cemetery Longueval, France.