Studio portrait of 1877 Private (Pte) Walter Frederick Longstaff, 1st Australian Pioneers, of ...

Accession Number P02599.011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Sidney Riley Studios
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
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 1877 Private (Pte) Walter Frederick Longstaff, 1st Australian Pioneers, of Darlinghurst, NSW. A plumber prior to his enlistment on 17 November 1915, he was killed in action in Belgium on 3 October 1917 aged 47 years. This portrait is one of a number displayed on a photo montage Honour Board made for the department store Anthony Hordern and Sons Ltd, Sydney by the returned soldier and sailor employees of the company. It commemorated 46 of the company's 48 employees who died as a result of their service in the First World War.