Accession Number | P12379.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Colour - Print hand-coloured black & white |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 2700 Private (Pte) Francis Henry Murphy, 8th Australian Machine Gun Company, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2700 Private (Pte) Francis Henry Murphy, 8th Australian Machine Gun Company, of Marrickville, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Murphy embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 9 April 1916. He was killed in action on 25 September 1917 in Belgium.