Studio portrait of Captain Andrew George Christian 1st Battalion of Coogee, NSW. A federal ...

Accession Number P08624.025
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Cumberland
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Parramatta1
Date made 1920
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 Captain Andrew George Christian 1st Battalion of Coogee, NSW. A federal public servant prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Afric (A19) on 18 October 1914. Capt Christian was killed in action on 1 May 1915 at Gallipoli, Turkey, aged 42. He is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery Anzac, Turkey.