Accession Number | P09354.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital file JPEG |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 6475 Sapper (Spr) George Neil McAndrew, 4th Field Company, Royal Australian ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6475 Sapper (Spr) George Neil McAndrew, 4th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, of Norseman, WA. A mill hand prior to enlisting in October 1915, Spr McAndrew embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Sydney on board HMAT Orsova (A67) on 11 March 1916. After further training in Egypt, he arrived in France for service on the Western Front in June 1916. In August he was transferred to the 13th Field Company. Sapper McAndrew was killed in action at Zonnebeke, Belgium, on 26 September 1917, aged 23.