Studio portrait of 5876 Private (Pte) Harold John Maddigan, 17th Battalion. A farrier of ...

Accession Number P06500.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Sidney Riley Studios
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1916
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 5876 Private (Pte) Harold John Maddigan, 17th Battalion. A farrier of Darlington, Sydney, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 10th Reinforcements on HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 7 October 1916. Pte Maddigan died of wounds received to the head near Morlancourt, France, on 14 May 1918. He is buried at the Corbie Communal Cemetery extension. He was aged 20 years.