Studio portrait of 7615 Private (Pte) Joseph Wright, 8th Battalion. A butcher prior to enlisting ...

Accession Number P11299.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1917
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 7615 Private (Pte) Joseph Wright, 8th Battalion. A butcher prior to enlisting on 5 July 1917, Pte Wright embarked for overseas service aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 21 November 1917. He served in France but was evacuated to England suffering from influenza in July 1918. Pte Wright returned to Australia on 19 October 1918.