H06668 Accession Number: H06668

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Studio portrait of 30301 Gunner Wallace McPhee, 3rd Battery, 1st Australian Field Artillery from Glebe, Sydney, NSW. A 20 year old electrical fitter prior to enlisting on 5 September 1916, he embarked for overseas service with the 8th Reinforcements of the 5th Divisional Ammunition Column from Sydney aboard HMAS Benalla (A24) on 9 November 1916. After disembarking in England, he proceeded to France in April and joined the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. Gunner McPhee was killed in action on 4 October 1917 near Zonnebeke, Belgium and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium with others who have no known grave.

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Accession Number
H06668
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
2
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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