P02939.043 Accession Number: P02939.043

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Informal outdoors portrait of Private (Pte) George Cartwright VC, 33rd Battalion. Pte Cartwright was awarded the Victoria Cross for "most conspicuous bravery" on 31 August 1918 at Road Wood, France. Pte Cartwright attacked an enemy machine gun that had held up two allied companies. He shot three of the team, bombed the post and captured the gun and nine prisoners. He was wounded in September 1918 and was hospitalised, returning to Australia in March 1919 where he was discharged on 1 July, later serving in the Citizen Military Forces.

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Accession Number
P02939.043
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c. 1918
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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