Studio portrait of 9447 Private (Pte) Richard William Jones, 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Army ...

Accession Number P09355.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1915
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 9447 Private (Pte) Richard William Jones, 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, of West Perth, WA; formerly of Brighton, England. A shop assistant prior to enlisting in December 1915, Pte Jones embarked from Fremantle with the 15th Reinforcements on board HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 1 March 1916. He arrived in France in July 1917, and was transferred to the 13th Field Ambulance in August. Pte Jones was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium, on 21 October 1917. He was 24 years of age.