P10642.001 Accession Number: P10642.001

Description

Studio portrait of 2350 Private (Pte) John Richard Byrne. A labourer from Fitzroy, Vic, Pte Byrne embarked with the 5th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, aboard RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915. Pte Byrne was wounded and hospitalised on two occasions at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, on 22 March 1916, and later at Messines on 21 March 1917. He was promoted to Lance Corporal (L Cpl) on 27 October 1917. L Cpl Byrne was killed in action in France on 1 September 1918.

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Accession Number
P10642.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Digital file
Date Made
1915-1917
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor W Byrne
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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