Physical description
Black and white, full length image of a young Australian WW1 soldier. He is wearing a slouch hat and has WW1 style webbing, .303 Lee Enfield rifle. His boots are dull and he has no badges of rank and is not wearing the metal "Australia" shoulder badges. One ammo pouch is undone. This all suggests he was in basic training for the photo.
The portrait was taken by"Kalma Studios, 57-59 Pall Mall, Bendigo".
The photo is mounted on a cardboard backing sheet.
Inscriptions & markings
Written on the back, in ink, is: "To Elsie, from Charlie Oct 15th 1914".
