Studio portrait of 4837 Private Francis McNamara, 2nd (later 54th) Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. ...

Accession Number P08624.096
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 4837 Private Francis McNamara, 2nd (later 54th) Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Star of England (A15) on 8 March 1916. He died of pneumonia on 16 December 1916 at the Delhi Hospital, Tidworth, England, aged 36. He is buried in the Tidworth Military Cemetery North Tidworth, England.