Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Thomas Henry Martin, 21st Battalion, of Harrietville, ...

Accession Number P09353.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1915
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 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Thomas Henry Martin, 21st Battalion, of Harrietville, Vic. A clerk prior to enlisting in June 1915, Martin embarked from Melbourne with the 11th Reinforcements on board RMS Orontes on 29 March 1916. He was killed in action at Pozieres, France, on 26 August 1916. 2nd Lt Martin was 27 years of age.