| Accession Number | AWM2016.641.1 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
The Crown Studios, (Vice-Regal Photographers) |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 57312 Trooper William Wallace Chatfield, 1st Light Horse Regiment
Description
Studio portrait of 57312 Trooper (Tpr) William Wallace Chatfield, 1st Light Horse Regiment. A labourer from Coonabarabran, NSW, Trooper Chatfield originally enlisted at the Recruiting Office at Mudgee on 14 March 1918. The next day after a medical examination by the Medical Board at Victoria Barracks was rejected; "Unfit for Active Service, Unsuitable Physique (Colour)". Another medical examination on the same day also found him unfit, but due to "Physique not suitable to stand English or continental climate". Chatfield enlisted again on 9 June 1918, this time at Coonabarabran, as a reinforcement for the 1st Light Horse Regiment (1LHR). He sailed for Egypt on 17 August 1918 from Sydney on board the troopship Port Sydney. He joined the 1LHR on 13 October 1918. Pte Chatfield returned to Australia and was discharged on 8 May 1919.