P08624.359 Accession Number: P08624.359

Description

Studio portrait of 4052 Private William MacGuire, 17th Battalion (later 4th Field Company Engineers) of Lidcombe, NSW. A fitter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 12 May 1915. He was killed in action, on 21 December 1916, near the Flers Longueval Road, France, aged 20. He is buried in the Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France.

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Accession Number
P08624.359
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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