Studio portrait of 1757 Private (Pte) Thomas Michael Purcill, 45th Battalion, of Cowra, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P06457.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Beavis, Charles James
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Bathurst
Date made c 1916
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 1757 Private (Pte) Thomas Michael Purcill, 45th Battalion, of Cowra, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Purcill embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Ceramic on 14 April 1916. On 15 August 1916, he died of wounds in France, aged 21.