Description
Studio portrait of 531 Private (Pte) Norman Wakefield Folks, 14th Battalion. A blacksmith from Bonnie Doon, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Folks embarked with D Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 22 December 1914. After initially being declared as missing in action, a later Court of Enquiry determined that he had been killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915 aged 26. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial. His younger brother, 3816 Pte Allan Edward Folks was subsequently killed in action in France.
Details
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Measurement
Overall: 18.8 cm x 12 cm
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
People
Rolls
Conflicts
Units
Tags