P11956.001 Accession Number: P11956.001

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Studio portrait of 1838 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Hercules James (Herk) Johnston, 34th Battalion. A barber from Scone, NSW, he embarked as a Private with the 2nd Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Port Sydney (A15) on 4 September 1916. He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium, on 12 October 1917, aged 28.

Details

Accession Number
P11956.001
Photographer
R Guilleminot
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor L Young
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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