Studio portrait of 4459 Boy First Class Ronald Rothsay Wright from Semaphore, South Australia. He ...

Place Europe: Norway
Accession Number P01368.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
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 4459 Boy First Class Ronald Rothsay Wright from Semaphore, South Australia. He enlisted on 25 January 1915 at the age of 14 and served aboard HMAS Sydney from 14 January 1916. He died on 21 December 1916 from injuries caused by heavy seas off the coast of Norway and is buried in the Queensferry Cemetery, United Kingdom.