Accession Number | P08636.003 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | United Kingdom: England |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 242 Private (Pte) Cornelius Thomas McCarthy, 6 Machine Gun Company, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 242 Private (Pte) Cornelius Thomas McCarthy, 6 Machine Gun Company, of Melbourne, Vic; formerly of London, England. A carter prior to enlisting in March 1916, Pte McCarthy embarked from Melbourne with the 2nd Reinforcements aboard HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 4 May 1916. He later transferred to the 15th Machine Gun Company and was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium, on 30 September 1917. Pte McCarthy was 23 years of age.