Studio portrait of 998 Sapper (Spr) Frederick Booth, 4th Divisional Signals Company. Spr Booth ...

Accession Number P10779.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Ireland, Charles
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
Date made c 1916-1917
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 998 Sapper (Spr) Frederick Booth, 4th Divisional Signals Company. Spr Booth was awarded the Military Medal (MM) for "maintaining telephonic communication", mending breaks in the lines while under fire for six hours during fighting at Longatte on 3 May 1917. Spr Booth was appointed to the rank of Lance-Corporal and returned to Melbourne on the 26 December 1919.