Description
Studio portrait of 499 Private (Pte) John Catton, B Company, 29th Battalion, of Kew, Vic. Pte Catton enlisted on 12 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He was awarded a Military Medal (MM) on 11 December 1918 for: `For bravery in the field as a volunteer stretcher bearer and work throughout our attack and capture of the enemy system, constantly under very heavy machine gun and shell fire for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty'. Pte Catton returned to Australia on 31 May 1919.
Details
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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