P03483.043 Accession Number: P03483.043

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Studio portrait of 2252 Private (Pte) Wilfred Arthur Taylor, 10th Battalion, holding a bugle. A motor mechanic and cycle builder of Narracoorte, SA, he enlisted on 22 April 1915 and sailed with the 6th Reinforcements on 23 June 1915 aboard HMAT Borda. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 30 September 1915, aged 19, and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. This photograph is from an Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau file. The Bureau, which commenced operation in October 1915, sought to identify, investigate and respond to enquiries made regarding the fate of Australian personnel. It investigated the majority of personnel posted as wounded and missing on official Army lists, as well as written enquiries from concerned relatives and friends. Approximately 32,000 individual case files were opened for Australian personnel who were reported as wounded or missing during the First World War. The Bureau employed searchers to operate both at the front and in Britain. They searched official lists of wounded and missing, interviewed comrades of missing soldiers in hospitals and wrote to men on active service. Altogether 400,000 responses were sent back to those who placed enquiries with the Bureau.

Details

Accession Number
P03483.043
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor Australian Red Cross Society
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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