Place | Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, Fromelles, Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery |
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Accession Number | DA10774 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Maker |
Darge Photographic Company |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows |
Date made | c September 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Studio portrait of 2150 Private (Pe) Thomas Joseph Cosgriff, 4th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion, of Albert Park, Vic. Pte Cosgriff enlisted on 19 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata on 27 September 1915. He was killed in action on 19 July 1916 at Fromelles, France. At the time his body was not located and his name was recorded at VC Corner Australian Cemetery in France. In 2008 a burial ground was located at Pheasant Wood containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers. In March 2010 seventy five of the men (including Pte Cosgriff) were identified and their names released; further DNA analysis is being carried out. All of the remains were reburied at the newly created Pheasant Wood (Fromelles) Military Cemetery.