STUDIO PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT (LT) RICHMOND GORDON HOWELL-PRICE MC. LT HOWELL-PRICE ENLISTED ON ...

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Accession Number P00267.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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STUDIO PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT (LT) RICHMOND GORDON HOWELL-PRICE MC. LT HOWELL-PRICE ENLISTED ON 15 DECEMBER 1915 AND SERVED AS A TROOPER AND CORPORAL IN LIGHT HORSE UNITS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT IN THE 1ST BATTALION AIF IN DECEMBER 1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT BULLECOURT, FRANCE, ON 4 MAY 1917, AND WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS.