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From Australian Dictionary of Biography ...

"John Mitchel (1815-1875), Irish nationalist, was born on 3 November 1815 at Camnish, near Dungiven, County Derry, Ireland, the third son of Rev. John Mitchel, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Mary, née Haslett. He was educated at Dr Henderson's school at Newry, where he began a lifelong friendship with John Martin, and at Trinity College, Dublin. He later described himself as a Unitarian Presbyterian. In 1837 he married Jane Verner of Newry, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. ... "

via - adb.anu.edu.au

beachcomber australia Didn't they spend [have to spend] a long time in Van Diemen's Land? Or am I raving? Again.

From the DIB ...

" ... In April 1836 he was apprenticed attorney to John Henry Quinn of Newry, and fell in love with Jenny Verner (qv) (under Mitchel), barely sixteen years old. In November 1836 they eloped but were discovered in Chester, and Mitchel spent eighteen days in Kilmainham jail on a charge of abduction. They eloped again and on 2 February 1837 were secretly married at Drumcree, Co. Armagh. Jenny was disowned by the Verners, but accepted by the Mitchels, and the young couple settled in Newry. .. "

Via - www.dib.ie

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes indeed. I am reading all about it and trying to find exactly where. Somewhere near Bothwell, Tasmania, in Nant Cottage on 200 acres. Near the current Nant Distillery ? - maps.app.goo.gl

" Nant Cottage
Mitchel searched the Bothwell district for a house and farm that could accommodate his family and decided on a 200-acre property called Nant, located on the Clyde River, which he stocked with sheep and cattle. Nant Cottage is located nearly three miles from Bothwell village and here the family resided in relative peace surrounded by rich pastoral land, rolling hills and a view of the steep escarpment of the surrounding mountains in the distance. "
via - www.utas.edu.au (click on 'Bothwell')
(includes photo of cottage, which looks so very similar to Irish ones)

The Artiglio was a salvage ship apparently...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artiglio

Launched in 1906 (and sunk in 1930) according to Wikipedia, so that narrows the date range a bit

Rory Sherlock It does. Thank you.

This was taken at Dunmore East.
Spire of St Andrews Church off the bow.
maps.app.goo.gl
If so this is the salvage ship Artigilo 2 as the first was sunk off France in 1930 while salvaging the SS Egypt.

images.waterfordmuseum.ie

Following the trail of the ship’s change of names and purpose brought me to this page. If the dates of the change of name are right (Name of Artiglio being adopted in 1928) then the photo is a lot later than so far suggested.

www.clydeships.co.uk

Birth & Early Career: Born in 1880, he served as a District Inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) before World War I. [1]

World War I Service: He volunteered at the outbreak of the war and was seconded as a Captain in the 6th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers in November 1914. He was wounded at Suvla Bay during the Gallipoli campaign in August 1915.

Kilmainham Gaol: During the Easter Rising of 1916, his regiment was stationed in Dublin, and Lennon was appointed temporary Commandant (or Governor) of Kilmainham Gaol, where he interacted with leaders like Éamonn Ceannt and Pádraig Pearse prior to their executions.

Start here: www.google.com

The best information I could find came from an 'Irish Times' obituary of 16/4/1923. It is a masterpiece of concise facts ...

" Lennon, William Sherlock; RIC 60527; LDS 2098/189; born 5/2/1880, Eyre Square, Co. Galway; (Galway Registrar's District, March Quarter, 1880, vol. 4, p. 283): son of William Lennon, SI, RIC and Annie Sherlock; educated at the Galway school; tutor; matriculated to TCD on 20/6/1898; BA Degree, 1905 and LLB, 1908, Trinity College Dublin; recommended for a Commission in the Army by the Inspector General of the RIC with a reference supplied by L.L. Nicol, Brigadier-General, commanding 30th Infantry Brigade; captain, 6th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 19/11/1914 and temporary major on 18/1/1916; Governor of Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, March to July 1916 and residing at 23, Marlborough Road, Dublin; attached to the Egyptian Army from 18/2/1917 to 16/10/1919; he received a gunshot wound to the right forearm in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 15/8/1915; 3rd DI 25/5/1902; King Edward VII Visit to Ireland Medal, 1903; pensioned 1/8/1920; seconded for service with the Sudan Government from 2/9/1920 as Assistant District Commissioner; died 1/4/1923 of appendicitis on board the hospital ship 'Lady Baker' on the River Nile near Kosti, White Nile Province, Sudan, Egypt; administration granted at the Principal Registry, London on 19/1/1924 to his mother, Annie Lennon, 22, Norham Road, Oxford as no executor appointed in his will effects £1,885.0s.3d; administration granted to his mother on 7/5/1924 in the High Court, Dublin effects in Ireland £255.6s.3d.; (PRO reference PMG4875); (WO 339/13484); (Obituary in the Irish Times, 16/4/1923). "

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He was made a 'temporary major on 18/1/1916', ie one crown on the shoulder as seen in the photo. (Ed. Wrong. See below)

beachcomber australia That obituary is a masterclass on the use of semi-colons!

And perhaps this photo was taken to mark the temporary major status? So after 18 January 1916?

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