| Accession Number | AWM2020.740.1.1 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | Egypt: Cairo |
| Date made | 7 March 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Collection related to 611 Lance Corporal Michael Joseph Tierney
Description
"Coffin with Joe/ Tierney's remains/ being mounted on/ Gun Carriage en/ route for Cemetry [sic] / Cairo/ Egypt/ March 1915". A life insurance clerk of Sydney NSW, he enlisted on 4 November 1914, embarking from Sydney in December aboard HMAT Persic (A34) for Egypt. 611 Lance Corporal Michael Joseph Tierney 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment died of pneumonia at Heliopolis, Egypt 6 March 1915, aged 27 years.