A retouched portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) John James Dwyer VC, of the 4th Australian Machine Gun ...

Accession Number A03691
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A retouched portrait of Sergeant (Sgt) John James Dwyer VC, of the 4th Australian Machine Gun Company. He earned the Victoria Cross (VC) for 'most conspicuous bravery when in attack' in Zonnebeke, Belgium on 26 September 1917. Sgt Dwyer returned to Australia on 24 August 1918.

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