Studio portrait of 7772 Private Francis Bede Kennedy, 4th (later 35th) Battalion of North ...

Accession Number P08624.070
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Cumberland
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1920
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 7772 Private Francis Bede Kennedy, 4th (later 35th) Battalion of North Parramatta, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard the HMAT Nestor (A71) on 28 February 1916. He was wounded in action at Bray, France, on 22 August 1918 and died of his wounds on 12 October 1918 at Rouen, France, aged 28. He is buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.