| Accession Number | P07443.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 857 Private (Pte) Malcolm MacLeod, alias Norman Cameron, 9th Battalion of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 857 Private (Pte) Malcolm MacLeod, alias Norman Cameron, 9th Battalion of Tamworth, NSW. A stockman with a years experience in the Tamworth Rifle Club and 6 months in the 1st Light Horse, McLeod enlisted in Rockhampton under the alias of Norman Cameron of Toowoomba , Queensland, on 29 August 1914. He was wounded in action on 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli and died on 20 May in Egypt, aged 26. His youngest brother, 1211 Pte Donald MacLeod, died of wounds in Belgium in 1917, whilst another, 736 Pte Alexander Mcleod, was invalided to Australia due to severe wounds also received in the field at Gallipoli. The youngest brother 2875 Pte Hector Gordon McLeod was discharged in 1919.