Studio portrait of 3726 Private (later Lance Corporal) Arthur Thomas Cairns, 13th Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P05301.205
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 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

Studio portrait of 3726 Private (later Lance Corporal) Arthur Thomas Cairns, 13th Battalion, of Dulwich Hill, NSW. Son of John Gray Cairns and Bridget Agnes Cairns. A fireman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic (A29) on 20 December 1915. He was killed in action near Mouque Farm, Pozieres in France, on 15 August 1916, aged 22. He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France.