Collection relating to the service of 3875 Private William Charles Matthews

Accession Number AWM2020.597.1.5
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 4 October 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 2640 Private (Pte) Norman Henry Donald, 56th Battalion. A clerk of Goulburn, New South Wales, Pte Donald enlisted at Goulburn Depot on 11 March 1916 and embarked from Sydney on 7 October 1916. He was wounded in action on 4 April 1917 while serving in France. Pte Donald returned to Australia on 23 June 1919. His portrait is inscribed in the lower right, "Norman Donald, Oct 4th 1916."