Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) James Lionel Montague Sandy. A company secretary from Burwood, NSW ...

Accession Number P03945.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) James Lionel Montague Sandy. A company secretary from Burwood, NSW prior to enlistment, Sandy originally served overseas as a Lieutenant in the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. After becoming seriously ill he returned to Australia and was discharged in August 1916. He re-enlisted in October the same year and-embarked with Headquarters, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), on 25 October 1916. While serving with No. 3 Squadron he was killed in action in France on 17 December 1917, aged 32.