Pre war studio portrait of 138 Private (Pte) Joseph Thomas Flynn, 1st Battalion. A tram driver ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area
Accession Number H06330
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Pre war studio portrait of 138 Private (Pte) Joseph Thomas Flynn, 1st Battalion. A tram driver from Sydney, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Flynn embarked with A Company from Sydney on HMAT Afric on 18 October 1914. After being initially declared as wounded and missing in action, a later Court of Enquiry determined that he had been killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, aged 26. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.