Studio portrait of 555 Pte Thomas Alfred Critcher, 9th Battalion, of Belambi, NSW. Son of George ...

Accession Number P05301.250
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made c 1914
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 555 Pte Thomas Alfred Critcher, 9th Battalion, of Belambi, NSW. Son of George E and Lillian Critcher. A miner prior to enlisting, he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Omrah (A5) on 24 September 1914. He was killed in action at the landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, on 25 April 1915, aged 22. He is buried in the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.