Studio portrait of 5760 Private (Pte) Peter McGrath, 16th Battalion, of West Park, WA. A packer ...

Accession Number P08975.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made 1916
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 5760 Private (Pte) Peter McGrath, 16th Battalion, of West Park, WA. A packer prior to enlistment he embarked from Fremantle with the 18th Reinforcements on board HMAT Seang Bee on 18 July 1916. Pte McGrath was killed in actio on 11 April 1917. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.