Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Bathurst |
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Accession Number | P10463.001 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Royal Studio |
Date made | c June 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of Private 1924 (Pte) Norman John Dulhunty, 17th Battalion. A farmer from ...
Description
Studio portrait of Private 1924 (Pte) Norman John Dulhunty, 17th Battalion. A farmer from Boomerang near Bathurst NSW, Pte Dulhunty enlisted on 16 June 1915 and embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915. Aftera dvanced training in Egypt he embarked for Gallipoli, arriving on 8 December 1915 where he served for the final eleven days of the campaign. Promoted to Company Sergeant Major (CSM) he served for two years on the Western Front before being killed in action on 31 August 1918. CSM Dulhunty was buried at Hem Farm Military Cemetery in France. He was 26. Another image is at P10462.001.