Accession Number | P05301.135 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 3423 Private Harley Lenton McDonagh, 1st Battalion, of Gunnedah, NSW. Son of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3423 Private Harley Lenton McDonagh, 1st Battalion, of Gunnedah, NSW. Son of George Russell McDonagh. A draper prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 5 October 1915. He was killed in action on 22 July 1916 in France, aged 20. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.