Studio portrait of 2245 Private George Albert Mundy, 3rd, (later 55th) Battalion of Sydney, New ...

Accession Number P05301.129
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1915
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 2245 Private George Albert Mundy, 3rd, (later 55th) Battalion of Sydney, New South Wales. Son of Amor Samuel and Ellen Florence Mundy, of Leichhardt, New South Wales. An ironworker prior to enlisting he embarked from Sydney with the 3rd Battalion aboard HMAT Karoola on 16 June 1915. He died of wounds in France on 19 August 1916, aged 21. He is buried in Becourt Military Cemetery, France. His brother 5156 Private Amor William Mundy was killed in action.