Accession Number | P08624.364 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 7275 Private Frank Munro (also known as Francis Leo Munro), 2nd (later 36th) ...
Description
Studio portrait of 7275 Private Frank Munro (also known as Francis Leo Munro), 2nd (later 36th) Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A station hand prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Osterley on 10 February 1917. He was wounded in action near Villers-Bretonneux, France, on 4 April 1918. He died of his wounds at the 41st Casualty Clearing Station, France on 6 April 1918, aged 22. He is buried in the Namps-au-Val British Cemetery, France.