Informal portrait of 336 Sergeant (Sgt) Harold Thompson and 219 Sgt Henry Chester Fitzgerald, ...

Accession Number P04688.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Thompson, Frank
Place made At sea
Date made c June 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of 336 Sergeant (Sgt) Harold Thompson and 219 Sgt Henry Chester Fitzgerald, both of A Company, 19th Battalion, chatting on board HMAT Ceramic on her way overseas. Sgt Thompson of Walcha, NSW, aged 20 years, enlisted on 11 March 1915 and was killed in action on 14 November 1916 in France. Prior to enlisting with the AIF he served with the 18th Infantry, Citizens Military Forces. Sgt Fitzgerald, of Darlinghurst, NSW, also aged 20 years, served with the 24th Infantry, Citizens Military Forces, before enlisting with the AIF on 24 March 1915. He later served as a lieutenant.

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