Studio portrait of 1692 Private Harry Fred Heinrich MM, 50th Battalion Accession Number: P10608.007

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Studio portrait of 1692 Private (Pte) Harry Fred Heinrich, 50th Battalion, shown wearing an armband with the letters S B indicating that he was a stretcher bearer. A farmer from Canowie Belt, SA prior to enlistment Pte Heinrich embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Adelaide on 11 April 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas. Whilst serving in France he was wounded in action but remained in the field. While serving in Belgium, he was awarded a Military Medal for great courage and energy in attending to the wounded during fighting on Broodseinde Ridge on the night of 18/19 October 1917. After being wounded in action at the battle for Villers-Bretonneux he died from his wounds on 1 May 1918, aged 29, and is buried in the Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, France. See also P09291.093.

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Accession Number
P10608.007
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Measurement
Overall: 13.9 cm x 9 cm
Date Made
1916-1918
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Freeman
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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