Outdoor portrait of 94 Private (Pte) Basil George Henry O'Brien, of Branxholm, Tasmania, Machine ...

Accession Number P12282.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Tasmania, Claremont
Date made c June 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

Outdoor portrait of 94 Private (Pte) Basil George Henry O'Brien, of Branxholm, Tasmania, Machine Gun Section, 40th Battalion, who embarked from Hobart,Tasmania, on 1 July 1916, aboard HMAT Berrima (A35). Pte O'Brien was killed in action on 7 June 1917 at Messines.