| Accession Number | P08503.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
A Memorial card studio portrait of 4780 Private (Pte) Francis Robert McInerney, 28th Battalion ...
Description
A Memorial card studio portrait of 4780 Private (Pte) Francis Robert McInerney, 28th Battalion of Narrogin, Western Australia. Pte McInerney enlisted on 28 February 1916 and embarked from Fremantle on 17 April 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas (A60). He was killed in action at Messines on 20 September 1917 aged 22 years. A statement made by his friend 606 LCpl Joe Prater (later MM) in McInerney's Red Cross Wounded and Missing file stated " ...he died as I and my mates were carrying him back to the dressing station. We buried him that night and put a cross up with his name and Battn. on it. We did all that could be done for a comrade. It was a great blow to me as he was one of my mates and in the same company as myself". Pte McInerney's grave was lost in subsequent fighting; he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.