Studio full length portrait of 2700 Private (Pte) Fancis Henry Murphy, 8th Australian Machine Gun ...

Accession Number P12379.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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 full length portrait of 2700 Private (Pte) Fancis Henry Murphy, 8th Australian Machine Gun Company, of Marrickville, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Murphy embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on 9 April 1916. He was killed in action on 25 September 1917 in Belgium.