A pen drawing of Lieutenant Eric Wilkes TALBOT-SMITH with a facial photograph inserted, quite a common affectation usually presented in a sepia toned photograph.

Lieutenant Eric Wilkes TALBOT-SMITH, a 22 year old Soldier from Kensington Park, Kensington, Adelaide, South Australia. He enlisted on 19 August 1914 and was allotted to the 10th Battalion, F Company which embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914. During the Gallipoli Campaign he was Killed in Action, 30 April 1915.