Studio portrait of 1178 Trooper (Tpr) Francis Edmund McGrath of Woodleigh Vale (left) and 1171 ...

Accession Number P11397.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Talma Studios [Melbourne]
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made June - August 1915
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 1178 Trooper (Tpr) Francis Edmund McGrath of Woodleigh Vale (left) and 1171 Tpr Daniel Joseph Ahern, of Warragul, Victoria, both of the 4th Light Horse Regiment. A farmer prior to enlisting in June 1915, Tpr McGrath embarked on board HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 20 August 1915. Tpr McGrath served at Gallipoli and in Palestine where he was wounded at Tel-el-Kebir. In August 1917 he was promoted to Temporary Lance Corporal (L/Cpl). L/Cpl MGrath died on 31 October 1917 from wounds received at Beersheba. He was 22 years of age. A horsebreaker prior to enlistment, Tpr Ahern enlisted and embarked with Tpr McGrath, serving at both Gallipoli and in Palestine. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in May 1917. In November of the same year he was invalided back to Australia with chronic Nephritis and discharged soon after.