Richard Wainwright

Richard Wainwright was born in 1878 in Manchester, England. He was the eighth child born to James and Ann Maria Wainwright. He married Annie Wilkinson in 1904 and in 1907 they had a daughter, Phyllis. Sometime after this, Richard immigrated to Australia.

Richard enlisted in the army during World War One and served in France from 1916 to 1918. The photograph was taken in France in 1918.

After the war Richard returned to England to implore his wife to join him in Australia, but she refuses to leave England. He returns to Australia alone and never sees his wife and daughter again.

Richard died on May 11, 1962.