Studio portrait of Private 1924 (Pte) Norman John Dulhunty, 17th Battalion. A farmer from ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Bathurst
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.