Description
Studio portrait of 1058 Private (Pte) Mathew Richard Cassidy, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, of Sydney, NSW. Pte Cassidy enlisted on 2 May 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Port Macquarie. He was awarded the Military Medal (MM) on 12 December 1917 'for conspicuous bravery in superintending the burying of a cable near Y Wood, under heavy shell fire, both with HE (high explosion) and mustard gas'. He returned to Australia on 15 May 1919. See also DA09481.
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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