| Accession Number | P09096.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, Hillingdon, Harefield |
| Date made | c 1915-1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Signed portrait of 379 Gunner (Gnr) John Henry Osric McMullen, 1 FAB, of Leichhardt, NSW with ...
Description
Signed portrait of 379 Gunner (Gnr) John Henry Osric McMullen, 1 FAB, of Leichhardt, NSW with fellow patients in a ward at Number 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield Park, Middlesex. A horse driver prior to enlistment on 24 August 1914, McMullen embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 18 October 1914. He was wounded in action, suffering severe damage to the spine at Gallipoli in May 1915 and was hospitalised at Mustapha Convalescence Camp. In August 1915 he was invalided to Bethnal Green Hospital in London, then Harefield. In May 1916, he was discharged as unfit for war service, suffering functional paraplegia. He reenlisted in London in June 1917 under the number 32661and served the remainder of the war with the 14th FAB in France, during which time he was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1918. He returned to Australia in September 1919.