P08624.218 Accession Number: P08624.218

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Studio portrait of 6384 Private George Frederick Walsh, 3rd Battalion of Granville, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides (A14) on 9 September 1916. He was wounded in action while manning a Lewis gun at Passchendaele, Belgium on 9 November 1917 and died later that day at the dressing station, aged 26. He is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

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Accession Number
P08624.218
Maker
Cumberland
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Date Made
1920
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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