Studio portrait of 932 Private (Pte) Roy Plowright, 24th Battalion in tropical uniform. A motor ...

Accession Number P03854.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c March 1915
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 932 Private (Pte) Roy Plowright, 24th Battalion in tropical uniform. A motor mechanic from Warrnambool, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Plowright embarked with D Company from Melbourne on HMAT Euripides on 10 May 1915. On 4 October 1917, aged 21, he died of wounds received in action at Passchendaele, and was buried in the Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, France.