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| Accession Number | ART06344 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 76.4 x 64 cm Frame: 82 x 70cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1925 |
| Conflict |
Period 1920-1929 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Lieutenant Colonel Terence McSharry
Description
Lieutenant Colonel Terence Patrick McSharry, CMG, DSO, MC, served with 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, on Gallipoli until 1915 when he joined the 15th Infantry Battalion as adjunct. After Gallipoli he was appointed to command the 15th and led it in France at Pozieres, Bullecourt, Passchendaele and Hebuterne. On 6th August 1918 a severe German bombardment caught the battalion on the Somme flats near Vaire, during preparations for the great final offensive to begin two days later. Helping a wounded man to shelter in the barrage McSharry was himself mortally wounded.
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Conflicts
Events
Places
- Europe: Belgium
- Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Passchendaele
- Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres
- Europe: France
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Hebuterne
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Quinn's Post Area, Quinn's Post
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Officer