Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Raymond Elton Pye, 17th Battalion. A grazier from Bondi, NSW ...

Accession Number P10359.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print hand-coloured black & white
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Raymond Elton Pye, 17th Battalion. A grazier from Bondi, NSW prior to enlistment, Lt Pye embarked with A Company from Sydney on HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 12 April 1915. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli and evacuated to England, later rejoining his battalion. He was killed in action on 20 April 1916 and was buried in the Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France.