Studio portrait of 2350 Private (Pte) Francis Thomas Joseph Kilmartin, 16th Battalion, of North ...

Accession Number P07493.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Rogers, George A
Date made 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 2350 Private (Pte) Francis Thomas Joseph Kilmartin, 16th Battalion, of North Adelaide, SA. A bushman prior to enlistment, Pte Kilmartin embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Adelaide on HMAT Kanowna on 24 June 1915. After transferring to the 48th Battalion and being promoted to lance corporal, he was killed in action on 8 June 1917 in Belgium, aged 31.