| Accession Number | P08066.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Egypt |
| Date made | December 1914 - April 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal outdoor portrait of 44 Private (Pte) Frank Noel McGowen, 1st Australian Light Horse ...
Description
Informal outdoor portrait of 44 Private (Pte) Frank Noel McGowen, 1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, AAMC, wearing a fez and posing in front of a tent. A student at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, NSW, he enlisted in a group of about 20 from the college. He embarked on HMAT Southern (A27) on 23 September 1914. He was wounded on the Gallipoli peninsula, evacuated to Alexandria but died of these wounds on 24 August 1915, aged 20. Pte McGowen was the youngest son of the first labor Premier of NSW James Sinclair Taylor McGowen, 1910-1913.