Studio portrait of 2436 Private (Pte) Norman Richard Wight, 44th Battalion, of Geraldton, WA. A ...

Accession Number P09541.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made 1916
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 2436 Private (Pte) Norman Richard Wight, 44th Battalion, of Geraldton, WA. A clerk prior to enlistment, he embarked from Fremantle, WA with the 4th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Macquarie (A39) on 13 October 1916. Pte Wight served on the Western Front and was killed in action on 4 October 1917. He was 20 years of age.