Studio portrait of 920 Lance Corporal (later Sergeant) Leo Adrian Conroy, 6th Battalion of ...

Accession Number P05248.032
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 920 Lance Corporal (later Sergeant) Leo Adrian Conroy, 6th Battalion of Preston, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata (A20) on 19 October 1914. On 23 August 1918, he was killed in action near Foucaucourt, France, aged 26. He is buried in the Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France.