| Accession Number | P08396.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Burnette |
| Place made | United Kingdom: Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Stranraer |
| Date made | c 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 6544 Private (Pte) Thomas McGill, 16th Battalion, of Coorow, WA. He was ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6544 Private (Pte) Thomas McGill, 16th Battalion, of Coorow, WA. He was originally from Glenwhilly, Scotland, and arrived in Australia at the age of 20. Pte McGill, a farmer prior to enlisting in April 1916, embarked from Fremantle with the 21st Reinforcements on board HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 13 October 1916. After further training in England the Reinforcements joined the 16th Battalion in France on 11 February 1917. Pte McGill was wounded in action by a gun shot wound to the right arm on 11 April 1917. He convalesced in England and rejoined his unit at the front on 12 August 1917. On 20 August 1917, Pte McGill was fatally wounded at Messines, Belgium. He was 27 years of age. He was a cousin to 275 Private (Pte) George Bell, 11th Battalion, who was killed in action, aged 24, at the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915.