Studio portrait of 4612 Private Walter William Nicholson, 1st (later 45th) Battalion of Concord, ...

Accession Number P05301.168
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 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 4612 Private Walter William Nicholson, 1st (later 45th) Battalion of Concord, NSW. Son of Walter and Amelia Nicholson. A fireman's assistant prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916. He died of wounds on 24 August 1916 in Wandsworth, England, aged 20. He is buried in Wandsworth Cemetery, England.