Studio portrait of 1359 Private Frederick McGlashan, 18th Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A metal ...

Accession Number P08624.367
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 1359 Private Frederick McGlashan, 18th Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A metal polisher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 25 June 1915. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 22 August 1915, aged 21. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. Pte Frederick McGlashan is the cousin of 2418 Pte Arthur William McGlashan, MM (P08624.366) who was killed in action near Pozieres, France on 26 August 1916.