| Accession Number | P06803.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Pre-war studio portrait of 7282 Driver (Dvr) Errol Sheridan St John Macken, 5th Brigade ...
Description
Pre-war studio portrait of 7282 Driver (Dvr) Errol Sheridan St John Macken, 5th Brigade Australian Field Artillery, of Sydney, NSW. A farmer with four years service in senior cadets and one year with a Citizens Military Force (CMF) field artillery unit in Wagga Wagga, Dvr Macken enlisted with his younger brother 7283 Dvr Neville Aloysius Macken in October 1915. Both men left Australia with the 13th Battery for Egypt in November 1915, and were sent to France after spending three months in Alexandria. Dvr Errol Macken was killed in action at Pozieres on 23 August 1916, age 21.