Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) George Francis Corcoran, 31st Battalion from Ashfield, NSW. A ...

Accession Number H05836
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date made 1915-1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) George Francis Corcoran, 31st Battalion from Ashfield, NSW. A 25 year old customs clerk prior to enlisting on 28 August 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 4th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 14 March 1916 aboard HMAT Anchises. While serving with the battalion in France, he was wounded in action on 25 October 1916 and died of his wounds five days later. Lt Corcoran is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France.