| Accession Number | AWM2017.686.1 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Date made | 3 November 1914 - 14 December 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Captain Frederick Dudley Weedon Oatley
Description
Studio portrait of Captain Frederick Dudley Weedon Oatley, 6th Light Horse, later Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Frederick Dudley Weedon Oatley, 56th Battalion, AIF. Lt Col Oatley died of illness on 28 March 1919 at St Kilda Private Hospital in Darlinghurst, NSW. Originally diagnosed with gas poisoning, it was later discovered to be a septic infection caused hydatid on the lung which had been acquired during war service.