Collection relating to 3361 Private Sydney Alexander Meloy, 2nd Battalion

Accession Number P12611.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
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 two soldiers, 3361 Private (Pte) Sydney Alexander Meloy, 2nd Battalion of Annandale, NSW (seated), and an unidentified soldier, but also from Annandale, resting on the arm of the chair. Pte Meloy was killed in action at Fleurbaix, France on 19 July 1916, aged 19 years.