Accession Number | P05413.023 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | C 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant George Roy McGregor Dey, 10th Battalion of Clarence Park, ...
Description
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant George Roy McGregor Dey, 10th Battalion of Clarence Park, SA. A bank clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Adelaide aboard RMS Mongolia on 9 March 1916. He was killed in action near Pozieres, France on 23 August 1916, aged 25. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France