Studio portrait of 4048 Private Vincent de Paul (known as Vincent) Kay, 3rd (later 45th) ...

Accession Number P08624.174
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 4048 Private Vincent de Paul (known as Vincent) Kay, 3rd (later 45th) Battalion of Granville, NSW. A barman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Medic (A7) on 30 December 1915. He was killed in action at Dernancourt, France on 5 April 1918, aged 30. He is buried in the Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, France.