Accession Number | P11191.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
Maker |
Talma Studios [Brisbane] |
Place made | Australia: Queensland, Brisbane |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 482 Private (Pte) James Gavin. A station hand from Toowoomba, Queensland, he ...
Description
Studio portrait of 482 Private (Pte) James Gavin. A station hand from Toowoomba, Queensland, he embarked from Melbourne on 9 November 1915 with the 31st Battalion aboard HMAT Wandilla (A62). Pte Gavin was promoted to Lance Corporal (L Cpl) on 29 April 1916. L Cpl Gavin was killed in action on 19 July 1916 in France. He was 30 years old.