Group portrait of seven Privates of the 30th Battalion who all enlisted in 1916. Identified back ...

Accession Number P01252.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Date made c 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

Group portrait of seven Privates of the 30th Battalion who all enlisted in 1916. Identified back row from left to right: 3858 Private (Pte) John Thomas (Jack) Oates from Bronte, NSW; 3755 Pte Henry Albert (Harry) Barry from Eastwood, NSW; 3840 Pte James Say (Jim) Meldrum from Campsie, NSW; and 3878 Pte Julian Frederick (Fred) Spencer from South Grafton, NSW. Front row: 3904 Pte Algernon Sidney (Alf) Wilde from Darlinghurst, NSW; 3857 Pte Ernest William James (Ernie) Northrop from Surry Hills, NSW and 3890 Pte Wallace Harry (Wally) Sales from Auburn, NSW (later killed in action in France on 8 August 1918).