H05999 Accession Number: H05999

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Studio portrait of 5402 Private (Pe) John Charles Mayo. A 35 year old station hand from Uabba via Lake Cargelligo, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Mayo embarked with the 17th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion from Sydney on HMAT Ceramic on 13 Aprel 1916. Later transferring to the 54th Battalion he was hospitalised suffering from scabies. Later re-joining his unit he was killed in action on 15 May 1917. Having no known grave he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. His brother 1098 Temporary Sergeant Ernest Frederick Mayo was killed in action on 11 April 1917. See H05998.

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Accession Number
H05999
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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