item details
NameTwo men including Thomas Fennessy (seated)
ProductionUnknown; photography studio; 1 May 1916; New Zealand
Classificationphotographic prints, Gelatin silver printing-out paper prints, studio portraits
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, printing-out paper, mounting board
Materials Summaryphotograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesphotography
DimensionsImage: 99mm (width), 143mm (height)
Registration NumberO.051793
Credit lineGift of the grandchildren of Thomas Francis Fennessy (Peter, Bridget, Geraldine and Adrienne Sutton), 2024
Overview
This studio portrait of two friends was taken on the day they enlisted, 1 May 1916, during the First World War (1914-16).
Thomas Francis Fennessy (1887-1956, Australia/New Zealand) is seated. He was a labourer upon enlistment, and was a Private with the 17th Reinforcements, Machine-Gun Section, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Army number 20317).
He served in Western Europe from late 1916 to early 1919 and was finally discharged in 1920.