254 Private Joseph Patrick Vidal Marrinon 31st Battalion seated on edge of verandah third from ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Randwick
Accession Number P01114.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Randwick
Date made c 1920
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

254 Private Joseph Patrick Vidal Marrinon 31st Battalion seated on edge of verandah third from right (with arm in sling) at the Randwick Military Hospital (No. 4 AGH, later known as the Prince of Wales Hospital). Pte Marrinon was wounded and taken Prisoner of War (POW) at the Battle of Fromelles in 1916. The shrapnel in his arm was removed on his return to Australia.