| Accession Number | H12125 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 2093 Driver (Dvr) Charles Maurice Mackie, Australian Field Artillery (AFA) ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2093 Driver (Dvr) Charles Maurice Mackie, Australian Field Artillery (AFA) from Prospect, South Australia. A 19 year old presser and machinist with prior service with the 34th Battery AFA Militia, he enlisted on 19 August 1914. He embarked for overseas with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column from Adelaide on 20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Medic (A7). While serving at Gallipoli, he was taken ill and evacuated to Mudros on 8 December 1915. On recovery, he rejoined his unit in Egypt in January and proceeded to France with them in March 1916. Six months after transferring to the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, he was taken ill and hospitalised. Dvr Mackie died of a cerebral tumour on 13 January 1917 and was buried in the Boise Guillaume Communal Cemetery, France. According to his mother, "he was one of the first five boys to hand in his name to his Captain of the Battery for voluntary services on the morning that war was declared".