Collection relating to Lieutenant Walde Gerard Fisher 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion

Accession Number P12140.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Iris Studios
Date made c February 1918
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 1787 (Lt) Lieutenant Walde Gerard Fisher, signed 'Yours always, Walde 10.2.18' in the bottom right corner. A university student prior to enlistment, Lt Fisher embarked from Brisbane with the 2nd Reinforcements, 42nd Battalion on HMAT Boorara (A42) on 16 August 1916. He was killed in action in France on 5 April 1918.