Outdoor group portrait of a Royal Military College, Duntroon graduation class. Identified, back ...

Accession Number P11688.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Duntroon, Duntroon Military College Grounds
Date made June 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

Outdoor group portrait of a Royal Military College, Duntroon graduation class. Identified, back row, far left is: Lieutenant (Lt) Kenneth Malcom Mortimer who was appointed to the AIF on 1st July 1915. He embarked with Headquarters Staff, 29th Battalion, from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanuis (A11) on 10 November 1915. He was promoted to Captain in Egypt before serving on the Western Front. Captain Mortimer was killed in action near Armentieres, France, on 20 July 1916, aged 20.