Studio portrait of 3633 Private Thomas Cranney, 18th (later 54th) Battalion of Dubbo, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.033
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Cumberland
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
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 3633 Private Thomas Cranney, 18th (later 54th) Battalion of Dubbo, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 20 December 1915. He was killed in action on 15 May 1917 near Riencourt, France, aged 36. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.