H05747 Accession Number: H05747

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Studio portrait of 14624 Gunner James Henry McGahey, 30th Howitzer Battery from South Yarra, Victoria. A 26 year old clerk prior to enlisting on 31 January 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 2nd Reinforcements of the 23rd Howitzer Brigade from Melbourne on 20 May 1916 aboard HMAT Medic. On arrival in France, he transferred to the 8th Field Artillery Brigade on 6 January 1917 and served in France and Belgium. He was killed in action at Messines on 7 July 1917 and buried in Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

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Accession Number
H05747
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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