| Accession Number | P11727.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Western Australia |
| Date made | c 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of five 11th Battalion recruits "Fred and his mates". Identified, second row, ...
Description
Group portrait of five 11th Battalion recruits "Fred and his mates". Identified, second row, first on the left is 3782 Private (Pte) Leonard Edward, (later wounded at Lagnicourt in France on 15 April 1917, and again near Amiens in August 1918); 3776 Pte Frederick James (Fred) Dudley (later killed in action 20 September 1917); and 3789 Pte William Fitzgerald, front row, left, (later wounded in the arm at Pozières on 27 July 1916 and spent a period of time recovering in hospitals in England from shellshock. He returned to France in January 1917, and was wounded again, this time in the leg, at Bullecourt on 5 May. He was evacuated to a field hospital at Rouen where he eventually succumbed to his wounds on 22 May 1917, and is buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension at Rouen).