Studio portrait of 4480 Acting Corporal William Thomas Kenny, 25th Battalion from Irvinebank, ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres
Accession Number A00602
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Fegan, James W (Jack)
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made c April 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 4480 Acting Corporal William Thomas Kenny, 25th Battalion from Irvinebank, Queensland. A 21 year old prospector prior to enlisting on 2 October 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 11th Reinforcements from Sydney on 31 March 1916 aboard HMAT Star of Victoria (A16). After further training in Egypt, he joined the 11th Battalion in France as a Private on 2 August 1916. Three days later, Pte Kenny was killed in action at Pozieres on 5 August 1916 and is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave. [See also image H06323.]