P00063.002 Accession Number: P00063.002

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Studio portrait of a group of three Australian prisoners of war (POW). Identified on the right is 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.

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Accession Number
P00063.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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