Description
Studio portrait of 3666 Private (Pte) Arthur Henry Homan, 8th Reinforcements, 26th Battalion, of Fingal, Tas. Pte Homan, aged eighteen years, enlisted on 16 September 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Kyarra in Brisbane on 3 January 1916. He was awarded a Military Medal on 11 December 1918 for 'conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack south of Villers Bretonneux on (the) night of 17-18 July 1918 when in company with 4417 Pte Glamor Garr, he carried messages back to Company HQ under intense artillery and machine gun fire.' He returned to Australia on 13 April 1919. See also DA13383.
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Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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