Photographs and photographic postcards relating to Antonin Horcicka, c. 1919 - c. 1967 Accession Number: AWM2019.22.273

Description

Photographs and photographic postcards relating to the interwar life, Second World War service and post war life of Antonin Horcicka, c. 1919 - c. 1967.

This file is comprised of photographs and photographic postcards that encompass Antonin Horcicka's early childhood in Czechoslovakia c. 1919 through to his post-war life in Australia in the 1960s. The file includes photographs of Horcicka whilst serving with the Czech Army during the early stages of the Second World War and images that record his post war movements both in Europe and Australia.

This file contains:

Photographic postcard of [Antonin Horcicka with his father and mother in a formal family portrait, Czechoslovakia, c. 1919 - c. 1921];
Photographic postcard of [Antonin Horcicka with his mother, father] and three individuals sitting on a rug in a forest setting, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1919 - c. 1921] [annotated];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka wearing a suit, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1933 - c. 1935] [annotated];
Photographic postcard of Antonin Horcicka and wife Anna [pictured back row far right and front row far right respectively] with five individuals sitting on a hill, [Czechoslovakia], 16 July 1939 [annotated, in Czech];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka [pictured second from right] with three men dressed in women's clothing, Czechoslovakia, 16 July 1939 [annotated, in Czech];
Portrait photograph of Antonin Horcicka in uniform, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1939];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka and companion partially-uniformed and holding rifles standing to attention [Czechoslovakia, c. 1939];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka and companion partially-uniformed and holding rifles resting in an outdoor setting, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1939];
Photograph of three men [Antonin Horcicka possibly pictured left and pointing a rifle] partially-uniformed and posing in a mock surrender scene, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1939];
Photograph of a men's football team, [Germany or Czechoslovakia, c. 1935 -c. 1945] [annotated, in Czech];
Photograph of a man wearing a Loden coat riding a bicycle, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1945] [annotated];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka [pictured left] with two men, [Germany or Czechoslovakia, c. 1945];
Photograph of [Antonin Horcicka, pictured centre] with two men standing on a sidewalk, [Germany or Czechoslovakia, c. 1945];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka and his wife Anna with a woman and four children relaxing in an outdoor setting, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1945 - c. 1946];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka pushing a baby in a pram, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1946 - c. 1947] [annotated];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka with wife Anna and children Lubos and Jana in an outdoor setting, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1947 - c. 1948] [annotated];
Photograph of a large group standing/sitting on stairs in an outdoor setting including Antonin Horcicka with a young girl on his shoulders, [Czechoslovakia], 21 August 1949 [annotated, in Czech];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka [pictured far right] with a group of adults and children posing with a sturgeon, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1949];
Photograph of a sturgeon held by an unidentified person, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1949];
Portrait photograph of a bride and groom, [Czechoslovakia, c. 1948 - c. 1950];
Portrait family photograph of the Horcicka family, Czechoslovakia, [c. 1948 - c. 1950];
Photograph of [Antonin Horcicka and wife Anna on board USS General C. C. Ballou, c. 23 February - c. 23 March 1950];
Photograph of four individuals sitting in front of a tent [Australia, c. 1950];
Photograph of siblings Jana and Lubos Horcicka posing with Santa Claus, [Sydney, c. 1950 - c. 1952] [annotated, in Czech];
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka and daughter Jana, [Sydney, c. 1951 - c. 1953] [annotated];
Portrait photograph of Lubos Horcicka and [wife Maree Horcicka], New South Wales, March 1964 [annotated]; and
Photograph of Antonin Horcicka [pictured far left] with three individuals seated at a table, [Sydney, c. 1965 - c. 1967] [annotated].