| Accession Number | P09291.428 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c November 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 4500 Private (Pte) Frank Howard Bartley, (left), and 4601 Pte Allan Spence ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4500 Private (Pte) Frank Howard Bartley, (left), and 4601 Pte Allan Spence Slater, both of 32nd Battalion. Pte Bartley, a railway employee from Adelaide, and Pte Slater, a farmer from Cummins, South Australia, embarked with the 12th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 16 December 1916 aboard HMAT Berrima (A35) for Devonport, England. Following training with the 8th Training Battalion they both proceeded to France where Pte Slater was transferred to the 43rd Battalion where he survived the war and returned to Australia for discharge in October 1919. Pte Bartley joined the 32nd Battalion on the Western Front near Dickebusch, Belgium. Pte Bartley was killed in action by a German shell on 29 September 1918 during the attack on the Hindenburg Line at Bellicourt. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 35 years.