H05939 Accession Number: H05939

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Studio portrait of 165 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Thomas Francis Burges, 10th Light Horse Regiment. A farmer from Geraldton prior to enlistment as a Trooper, he embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Mashobra on 8 February 1915 for Egypt and then to Gallipoli in May 1915. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in June 1915. L Cpl Burges was killed in action at Walkers Ridge, Gallipoli, on 7 August 1915. He was aged 27 years

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Accession Number
H05939
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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