Historical information

Ray Blight from Ballarat, Victoria was an Australian soldier during World War One. John Raymond (Ray) Blight enlisted on 19 July 1915. He was an electrical engineer, having studied at the Ballarat School of Mines. On 23 June 1916 Ray Blight disembarked at Marseilles. On 3 February 1917 he was hospitalised with scabies. Ray Blight's next of kin was his mother, Mary Jane Blight of 116 Lyons Street South, Ballarat.

This photograph was with a number of other World War One photos relating to the Holmes family of Ascot, Victoria.

Physical description

Black and white photographic portrait of Ray Blight a soldier of the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF).

Inscriptions & markings

Verso "Sincerely Yours Ray Blight France 1918."