c. 1916. A portrait of 1140 Private Roderick Hugh Humphris (written as Humphries on the ...

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Accession Number P01920.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

c. 1916. A portrait of 1140 Private Roderick Hugh Humphris (written as Humphries on the photograph), 53rd Battalion. Private Humphris was killed on 1917-05-13, aged 20, his name appears on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial in France. The portrait is taken from a composite photograph presented to the Abermain RSL by the ladies of the Abermain Comforts Fund. The composite photograph comprises portraits of the twenty five servicemen from Abermain who lost their lives in the war of 1914-1918 (Australian War Memorial negative number P01920.001). (Donor, Abermain Sub-Branch Returned and Services League)