Accession Number | P05301.117 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 2578 Private Arthur Raymond Humphrys Cochrane 12th Battalion, of Raymond ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2578 Private Arthur Raymond Humphrys Cochrane 12th Battalion, of Raymond Terrace, NSW. Son of John Humphrys Cochrane and Mary Cochrane, of Ewingsdale, Byron Bay, NSW. A farmer prior to enlisting on 6 August 1915 he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Seang Bee (A48) on 21 October 1915. He was killed in action on 19 August 1916 in France, aged 35. He was buried beside the Albert - Bapaume Road, South West of Pozieres but his grave was lost and he is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.