| Accession Number | MSS1910 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Manuscript |
| Object type | Manuscript |
| Maker |
Perrin, Les |
| Date made | 1987 |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 10/7/9 |
O'Hea, Timothy (Private, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade)
Description
Typed manuscript titled "A Man Like Him" about Private Timothy O'Hea, an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross. He was awarded the VC after an incident in Canada, in 1866, in which he put out a fire in a railway carriage that was transporting ammunitions. O'Hea died in Australia while searching for a missing member of the Leichhardt expedition. 261 p.