Studio portrait of 2410 Private Frank Johnston Gates, 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion, of ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Hindenburg Outpost Line Area, Hargicourt
Accession Number H19312
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c January 1918
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 2410 Private Frank Johnston Gates, 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion, of Petersham, NSW. An engineer prior to enlisting on 9 May 1915, he embarked aboard HMAS Orsova on 14 July 1915 from Sydney, NSW. He was killed in action at Hargicourt in France on 19 September 1918, aged 21. His brother, 7572 Sergeant George Henry Gates was killed in action at Bray approximately one month before on 8 August 1918.