Photograph badge : Private C J Crook, 19 Battalion, AIF Accession Number: REL/11144

Description

Small button badge with pin fastening. The badge has a photographic portrait of Private C J Crook in peaked cap and uniform.

Contextual Description

Photograph of 4562 Private Cecil James Crook, a miner from Adamstown, New South Wales. Crook enlisted on 10 November 1915 and served with 19 Battalion. He died of wounds on 4 October 1918 and is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, France. Two of Crook's brothers, 45 Pte Daniel Crook of 35 Battalion and 58681 Pte Albert Thomas of 5 Division Training, also served in the AIF and returned to Australia in 1919.

Details

Accession Number
REL/11144
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Heraldry
Object Type
Badge
Physical Description
Material: Metal; Photographic paper; Celluloid
Measurement
Overall: 32 mm diameter
Date Made
c 1915-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright not applicable

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