P00063.001 Accession Number: P00063.001

Description

Studio portrait of an Australian prisoner of war (POW) 3309 Private Thomas Henry Herket, 53rd Battalion who was a 21 year old chauffeur from Sydney, NSW (born in New Zealand) when he enlisted and embarked for overseas with the 11th Reinforcements of the 2nd Battalion from Sydney on 2 November 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides. He was wounded and captured at Fleurbaix, France on 20 July 1916 and held as a POW in various camps in Germany. After being transferred to Holland on 13 January 1918, he was admitted to the King George Hospital in London on 20 January 1918 and then returned to Australia on 5 January 1919. Handwritten on the face of this photograph is: 'To Private Stephen Hall with best wishes from T. Herket 53rd Battalion AIF'. Stephen Hall was a fellow POW, see image P00063.027.

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Accession Number
P00063.001
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor S Hall
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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