Accession Number | P06457.001 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 1757 Private (Pte) Thomas Michael Purcill, 45th Battalion, of Cowra, NSW. A ...
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.