The Otago Infantry Regiment suffered a higher proportion of casualties than any other military unit at Passchendaele.
These are the survivors of Walter Parker's company on the 20th. October 1917. The next day he himself was killed.
On the back of this photo there are a lot of notes about his pay, and some rapidly scribbled notes that I can't decipher. What I can read says:
From Walter to mother with best wishes
This is the six of my mates that we have left from Trentham
4th. Oct. 1917 killed at Passch 3590