Studio portrait of 3375 Private (Pte) George Samuel Deviney, 52nd Battalion, of Helidon, Qld. A ...

Accession Number P07234.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Fegan, James W (Jack)
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made 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 3375 Private (Pte) George Samuel Deviney, 52nd Battalion, of Helidon, Qld. A farmer before enlisting on 23 September 1916, Pte Deviney embarked from Sydney on HMAT Ayrshire on 24 January 1917 with the 9th Reinforcements. He was killed in action in France on 5 April 1918, at the age of 23.