H05981 Accession Number: H05981

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Studio portrait of 3505 Acting Sergeant (A/Sgt) Francis Thomas Hooks. A 24 year old carpenter from North Fitzroy, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Sgt Hooks embarked with the rank of Private with the 8th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 9 December 1915. He later transferred to the 8th Battalion and appointed as Lance Corporal. He was subsequently hospitalised after being wounded in the head. On 17 May 1916 he succumbed to his wounds and was buried in the Merville Communal Cemetery, France.

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Accession Number
H05981
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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