STUDIO PORTRAIT OF 3347SERGEANT (SGT) DAVID EMMETT COYNE, 31ST BATTALION 1ST AIF (1896-1918) WHO ...

Accession Number P01340.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1917-18
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

STUDIO PORTRAIT OF 3347SERGEANT (SGT) DAVID EMMETT COYNE, 31ST BATTALION 1ST AIF (1896-1918) WHO DIED OF WOUNDS ON 15 MAY 1918 AND IS BURIED IN THE VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NEAR AMIENS. SGT COYNE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE ALBERT MEDAL IN GOLD. THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE 1ST AIF TO BE SO HONOURED.