Description
Formal outdoor group portrait of No 1 Platoon, ‘A’ Company, No. 4 Officer Cadet Battalion. Collection relating to Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Archibald Frank “Frank” Redhead, 23rd Battalion. Note the two disembodied heads [inserted] in the back row. Original inscription reads, ‘1 Platoon ‘A’ Coy No 4 Officer Cadet Bn taken at New College Oxford about 16/1/1917. Top row – right. Best love, Frank. 10/3/17. On the line.’ 2nd Lt Redhead, a bookkeeper of Wagga Wagga, NSW, enlisted in January 1915. His two brothers, 11 Farrier Sergeant John William Redhead 2nd DHQ; and 1720 Sergeant (Sgt) Mark Redhead 55th Battalion AIF enlisted later in 1915. 2nd Lt Frank Redhead was killed in action on 6 May 1917.
Details
Accession Number
P12147.016
Photography studio
Soame, James Jnr. (and Son, 1931)
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 16 January 1917
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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