PORTER, PIERCY AND ETTA
Hand-tinted studio portrait. Piercy in army uniform, with corporal's rank of two stripes. Wearing a peaked cap with rising sun badges on the cap and collar and Australia badges on his epaulettes, he and is standing next to his wife, Etta, who is sitting on a seat with slatted back. She is wearing a long-sleeved, long white frock with tight belt and white shoes and is holding Piercy's hand which is resting on her shoulder. In the background are studio props of balustrading, flowers and backdrop. Hand printed on the rear [Piercie Porter + wife/ Etta ( ????/ Brother of Ruth/ Jane Efford nee Porter].
Piercy Edward Porter was born in WA in 1891 to William and Mary-Anne Porter and lived at 34 Davies Road, Claremont.
In 1916, Porter married Etta Stewart (1893-1926) and enlisted in the AIF.
The couple lived in Boulder after the war where Piercy worked for the Western Australian Bank. Porter was a bank accountant.
The couple had thre children: Olive Mary Madge (b.1917), Etta Fay (b.1919) and Margaret Ruth (b. 1923).
