P05413.033 Accession Number: P05413.033

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Studio portrait of Lieutenant Francis Halliday, 4th Field Artillery Brigade (4FAB) of Scone, NSW. A bank clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Persic (A34) on 18 November 1915 as 7596 Gunner Francis Halliday, 5th Field Artillery Brigade. On 23 November 1918, he was returning to the 10th Battery, 4 FAB near Tertry, France when his horse slipped on ice causing him to fall and fracture his skull. He was admitted to the 58th Casualty Clearing Station, France where he remained unconscious and died on 28 November 1918, aged 26. He is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, France.

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Accession Number
P05413.033
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Date Made
c 1915
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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