P07949.001 Accession Number: P07949.001

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Studio portrait of 4557 Private (Pte) Cyril Mear, 47th Battalion. A British born migrant from Derbyshire, Mear worked as a farmer in Maleny, Queensland prior to enlisting on 9 September 1915. While serving in Belgium, Pte Mear was killed in action at Messines on 7 June 1917, aged 21. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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Accession Number
P07949.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Colour - Print
Date Made
c 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor B Work
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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