Collection related to 611 Lance Corporal Michael Joseph Tierney Accession Number: AWM2020.740.1.3

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"Joe Tierney being/ lowered to his last/ resting place with/ full military/ Honors [sic] in/ Old Cairo/ Cemetry [sic]/ Cairo - Egypt March 1915". A life insurance clerk of Sydney NSW, Tierney enlisted on 4 November 1914, embarking from Sydney in December aboard HMAT Persic (A34) for Egypt. 611 Lance Corporal Michael Joseph Tierney 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment died of pneumonia at Heliopolis, Egypt 6 March 1915, aged 27 years.

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Accession Number
AWM2020.740.1.3
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
7 March 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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