Studio portrait of 3408 Private (Pte) Leslie Norman Wheaton of Koolunga SA. A farmer and grazier ...

Accession Number P11250.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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 3408 Private (Pte) Leslie Norman Wheaton of Koolunga SA. A farmer and grazier prior to enlistment, Pte Wheaton embarked with the 8th Reinforcements, 33rd Battalion from Sydney on HMAT Port Melbourne (A16) on 16 July 1917. He was killed in action in France on 22 August 1918, aged 22.