Studio portrait of 7238 Wheeler Sergeant (later Sergeant) Norman Frederick Reid, 5th Field ...

Places	Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Flers Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Crows Nest
Accession Number	P11157.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Digital file
Maker	Unknown
Date made	29 September 1917
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 7238 Wheeler Sergeant (later Sergeant) Norman Frederick Reid, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, of Crows Nest, NSW, son of William and Lucy Jane Reid. A mechanic prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Persic (A34) on 18 November 1915 and was killed in action at Flers, France, on 19 November 1916, aged 21. Sergeant Reid is buried in the Caterpiller Valley Cemetery Longueval, France.