| Accession Number | P08966.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Queenscliff |
| Date made | 1895-1900 |
| Conflict |
South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Outdoor group portrait of (probably) a gun crew taken at Fort Queenscliff, Victoria. Standing ...
Description
Outdoor group portrait of (probably) a gun crew taken at Fort Queenscliff, Victoria. Standing fifth from left is Private (Pte) John McCorkell with a good conduct stripe on his left sleeve; he later served with the Victorian Mounted Rifles (5th Contingent) during the Boer War and on 21 January 1902 he died of enteric fever at Wakkerstroom, South Africa. The Fort became the headquarters for an extensive chain of forts around Port Phillip Heads. Its garrison included volunteer artillery, engineers, infantry and naval militia, and it was manned as a coastal defence installation continuously from 1883 to 1946.