| Accession Number | P00889.013 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of 3376 Trooper (Tpr) Walter Newton a station overseer of Yancannia, NSW, an ...
Description
Informal portrait of 3376 Trooper (Tpr) Walter Newton a station overseer of Yancannia, NSW, an Aboriginal serviceman who enlisted on 15 February 1917. Tpr Newton embarked in Melbourne with the 28 Reinforcements to the 9th Light Horse Regiment on board the troopship Port Lincoln (A17) bound for Egypt. Tpr Newton embarked at Kantara on the Troopship Oxfordshire bound for Australia on 10 July 1919.