Accession Number | P08936.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
Maker |
Freeman & Co |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | c 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of Major (Maj) Charles George Gordon, 2nd Battalion, of Inverell, NSW, formerly ...
Description
Studio portrait of Major (Maj) Charles George Gordon, 2nd Battalion, of Inverell, NSW, formerly of Kingstown, Ireland. A grazier prior to enlisting in May 1914, he embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 18 October 1914. Maj Gordon was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He was 45 years of age.