Studio portrait of 985 Private (Pte) Wylie McLeod Smith, D Company, 25th Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P09684.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made 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 985 Private (Pte) Wylie McLeod Smith, D Company, 25th Battalion, of Harrisville, Qld. A farmer prior to enlistment, he embarked from Brisbane, Qld aboard HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 29 June 1915. Pte Smith died of illness in France on 17 August 1917. He was 26 years of age.