Private C J McGlinn

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Accession Number P10225.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made Unknown
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 2208A Private (Pte) Christopher James McGlinn, 51st Battalion. A farrier from York, WA, prior to enlistment, Pte McGlinn embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT A28 Miltiades on 9 August 1916. He was killed in action on 13th October 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium aged 23. McGlinn has no known grave and is commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 29) Belgium.