H06130 Accession Number: H06130

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Studio portrait of 3989 Private (Pte) Finlay McPhee, 3rd Infantry Battalion, from Brushgrove, NSW. A 29 year old school teacher prior to enlisting on 14 August 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the 12th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Medic (A7) on 30 December 1915. After disembarking in Egypt, he proceeded to France in May 1916 to join the 3rd Battalion. He was wounded in action on 25 July and evacuated to England for medical treatment. After re-joining his battalion back in France in March 1917, he was wounded in action for the second time on 4 May at Vaulx-Vraucourt and died of his wounds on 13 May 1917. Pte McPhee is buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France.

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Accession Number
H06130
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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