Studio portrait of 3722 Private (Pte) Alfred Charles Thorn 45th Battalion of Liverpool, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P08624.410
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 3722 Private (Pte) Alfred Charles Thorn 45th Battalion of Liverpool, NSW. A carter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Marathon (A74) on 10 May 1917. Pte Thorn, was wounded in action near Mullencourt, France on 27 March 1918 and died, later that day, of his wounds, aged 23. He is buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1, France.