Studio portrait of 8275 Sapper (Spr) John Fitzgerald, Australian Tunnelling Companies ...

Accession Number P11745.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker McGeehan, R W
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Ripponlea
Date made 1917
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 8275 Sapper (Spr) John Fitzgerald, Australian Tunnelling Companies Reinforcements. Spr Fitzgerald, an indigenous soldier, embarked from Melbourne aboard SS Indarra on 26 November 1917. He later served on the Western Front with the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company. Spr Fitzgerald returned to Australia on 12 May 1919.