Studio portrait of 2354 Sergeant John James Cadden, 2nd Division Headquarters, of Bunbury, WA. A ...

Accession Number P07540.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c December 1916-October 1917
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 2354 Sergeant John James Cadden, 2nd Division Headquarters, of Bunbury, WA. A civil servant prior to his enlistment, Cadden embarked as a private with the 5th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion from Fremantle on HMAT Themistocles on 13 October 1915. Following a series of promotions he reached the rank of lieutenant with the Anzac Provost Corps. On 31 October 1918 Lieutenant Cadden died of influenza and pneumonia at the 3rd London General Hospital. He was aged 30.