Studio portrait of 3399 Private William James Murrin, 4th (later 13th) Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P05301.241
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 3399 Private William James Murrin, 4th (later 13th) Battalion, of Marrickville, Sydney, NSW. Son of William James and Amelia Agnes Murrin. A railway porter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 13 October 1915. He died of pneumonia on 28 October 1916 at the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, In the Field, France, aged 19. He is buried in the Trois-Arbres Cemetery Steenwerck, west of Armentieres, France.