P08624.239 Accession Number: P08624.239

Description

Studio portrait of 674A Private Hugh Joseph Bentley Callaghan, 5th Australian Machine Gun Corps, (later 2nd Battalion) of Auburn, NSW. A bank clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Suevic (A29) on 21 June 1917. He was killed in action at Hangard Wood, France on 9 April 1918, aged 23. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

Details

Accession Number
P08624.239
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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