Studio portrait of 1047 Pte (Trooper) Montague Charles Melly, 7th Light Horse Regiment, of Bondi, ...

Accession Number P05301.251
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 1047 Pte (Trooper) Montague Charles Melly, 7th Light Horse Regiment, of Bondi, NSW. Husband of Ada Melly. A baker prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Uganda (A66) on 15 June 1915. He died on 21 September 1916 of wounds received in action on 7 September 1916 at Kantara, Egypy, aged 41. He is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.