Collection relating to the service of Adrian William Wright Accession Number: P06027.008

Description

Outdoor portrait of (probably) 13th Battalion members. Image related to 4352 Adrian William (Ady) Wright, 13th Battalion, later Army Pay Corps. Original note on verso reads: "The Greyhounds/ Zeitoun Mar. 1916/ I am 7th from the left in the/ 3rd row from/ the front./ Some of the fellows who were/ with me in Holdsworthy/ (same tent) are in this/ Two are in the front row/ and I am in the third./ The two in the fron are / the 4th one from the left/ (looking at the cat) Mine is the / second head above his (in the third/ row) the other one in the front row/ is the 6th from the left (holding the / bantam hen on his knee)./ Notice the bantam rooster standing/ on the middle man's head in the front row." The bantam appears to have an identity disk around its neck. Image from the collection of 4352 Adrian Wright who enlisted on 2 September 1915 and returned to Australia on 2 March 1919. He later served in the Second World War with the number N65754 from October 1939 to June 1945, with his final posting in the District Accounts Office NSW.

Details

People

• Philippa Wright

Conflicts

• First World War, 1914-1918

Units

• Australian Army Pay Corps