Studio portrait of 7309 Private (Pte) William Walter Prideaux, 9th Battalion, of Rockhampton, ...

Accession Number P05854.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1917
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 7309 Private (Pte) William Walter Prideaux, 9th Battalion, of Rockhampton, Qld. A draper prior to enlistment he embarked from Sydney, NSW with the 24th Reinforcements on board HMAT Ayshire (A33) on 24 January 1917. Pte Prideaux was killed in action 20th June 1918, aged 21. He is buried at the Borre British Cemetery, France.