Outdoor group portrait of soldiers and hospital staff at No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. ...

Accession Number P10997.039
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Kent, Dartford
Date made January 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

Outdoor group portrait of soldiers and hospital staff at No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. Original inscription reads "Paddy Cronin, John Reid, John Potts & Cpl Collins leaving 1st AAH Dartford for France Jan 1917". "Paddy" Cronin is probably Irish-born 4283 Private (Pte) Thomas Edmond/Edmund Cronin, who transferred from the 1st Australian Stationary Hospital to the 10th Battalion. He was killed in action on 7 May 1917.