Studio portrait of 4277 Private James (Jim) Plunkett, 11th Battalion

Accession Number P12487.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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

Studio portrait of 4277 Private (Pte) James (Jim) Plunkett, 11th Battalion (left). A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Plunkett embarked from Fremantle, WA with the 13th Reinforcements on board HMAT Borda (A30) on 17 January 1916. Pte Plunkett was reported missing and killed in action on 16 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.