Studio portrait of 4549 Acting Sergeant (Sgt) George Alexander Tuffley, 25th Battalion. A ...

Accession Number P11816.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made 9 February 1916
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 4549 Acting Sergeant (Sgt) George Alexander Tuffley, 25th Battalion. A mechanical engineering cadet, from Townsville, Qld, prior to enlisting, Sgt Tuffley embarked from Sydney on 31 March 1916 aboard HMAT Star of Victoria (A16). He was killed in action on 29 August 1916 in Picardie, France. He was 21 years of age.