P08636.003 Accession Number: P08636.003

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Studio portrait of 242 Private (Pte) Cornelius Thomas McCarthy, 6 Machine Gun Company, of Melbourne, Vic; formerly of London, England. A carter prior to enlisting in March 1916, Pte McCarthy embarked from Melbourne with the 2nd Reinforcements aboard HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 4 May 1916. He later transferred to the 15th Machine Gun Company and was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium, on 30 September 1917. Pte McCarthy was 23 years of age.

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Accession Number
P08636.003
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Digital file
Date Made
c 1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor A Eliason
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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