Studio portrait of 497 Private (Pte) Henry Renton Nicholson Bridges, 23rd Battalion. A ...

Accession Number P11036.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made 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 497 Private (Pte) Henry Renton Nicholson Bridges, 23rd Battalion. A woolpresser prior to enlisting on 22 February 1915, Pte Bridges joined the 23rd Battalion at Gallipoli on 30 August 1915. Pte Bridges was promoted to the rank of Company Sergeant Major (CSM), 23rd Battalion, on 29 March 1916. He died of wounds in France on 9 August 1916.