Studio portrait of 4239 Private Arthur Montague Smyth, 54th Battalion from Torrington, NSW. A 24 ...

Accession Number H05509
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 4239 Private Arthur Montague Smyth, 54th Battalion from Torrington, NSW. A 24 year old railway fettler prior to enlistment on 14 August 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 13th Reinforcements from Sydney on 20 December 1915 aboard HMAT Aeneas. He was killed in action on 19 July 1916 near Pozieres, France and is buried in the ANZAC Cemetery, Sailly-La-Lys, France.