Studio portrait of 13 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Michael John Mahoney, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel ...

Accession Number H05740
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 13 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Michael John Mahoney, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps from Coleraine, Victoria. A 39 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 24 September 1914, he embarked for overseas with the 3rd Light Horse Brigade Headquarters from Melbourne on 25 February 1915 aboard HMAT Star of Victoria. After serving with the Brigade Headquarters at Gallipoli, followed by brief periods of illness, he transferred to the 8th Light Horse Regiment and then to the Imperial Camel Corps in September 1916. Whilst serving with the latter unit, he was killed in action at the Second Battle of Gaza on 19 April 1917. L Cpl Mahoney is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial with others who have no known grave.