P08624.261 Accession Number: P08624.261

Description

Studio portrait of 4210 Private Colin Ferguson Hood, 3rd (later 2nd) Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A carriage builder prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 30 December 1915. He was killed in action near Pozieres, France on 24 July 1916 when a shell burst and buried him in a bunker , aged 24. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

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Accession Number
P08624.261
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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