Studio portrait of 249 Private Joseph Kavanagh, 17th Battalion from Sandringham, Victoria. A 30 ...

Accession Number H05525
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 249 Private Joseph Kavanagh, 17th Battalion from Sandringham, Victoria. A 30 year old station hand prior to enlistment on 13 February 1915, he embarked for overseas with A Company from Sydney on 12 May 1915 aboard HMAT Themistocles. He was killed in action at Hill 60 on 27 August 1915 and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.

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