Studio portrait of 6856 Private (Pte) Oswald Leonard Briggs, 10th Battalion, of Bowman, SA. A ...

Accession Number P12383.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
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

Studio portrait of 6856 Private (Pte) Oswald Leonard Briggs, 10th Battalion, of Bowman, SA. A farmer prior to enlistment, Pte Briggs embarked with 22nd Reinforcements from Adelaide aboard HMAT Afric (A19) on 7 November 1916. He was killed in action in Belgium aged 29.