| Accession Number | P10557.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait featuring 751 Pte Alexander Cosmo McDonald and 750 Sgt Norman Alan McDonald
Description
Formal group portrait of 751 Pte Alexander Cosmo McDonald (far right) and 750 Pte Norman Alan McDonald (far left) with two unidentified soldiers. Pte Alexander and Pte Norman McDonald were brothers from Jeruk, Victoria. They enlisted together at Bendigo on 11 March 1916 and embarked from Melbourne on 20 June, aboard HMAT Runic (A54). Both brothers sustained gun shot wounds to the arms and legs whilst taking part in a raiding party on the Western Front on 28 May 1917. They were invalided to England in June and rejoined their unit in France at the end of September. Norman was admitted to hospital on 12 October. The next day Alexander was killed in action at Passchendaele. Norman rejoined the unit one week later. He rose to the rank of Sergeant and returned to Australia aboard HT Khyber on 22 May 1919.