| Accession Number | P08624.239 |
|---|---|
| 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
|
Studio portrait of 674A Private Hugh Joseph Bentley Callaghan, 5th Australian Machine Gun Corps, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 674A Private Hugh Joseph Bentley Callaghan, 5th Australian Machine Gun Corps, (later 2nd Battalion) of Auburn, NSW. A bank clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Suevic (A29) on 21 June 1917. He was killed in action at Hangard Wood, France on 9 April 1918, aged 23. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.