Description
Studio portrait of Henry Cook Stark, of Toowoomba, Qld, wearing his school uniform. On 24 August 1916, he enlisted as a Private (Pte) in the 9th Battalion with the regimental number 8. Pte Stark embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Omrah on 24 September 1914. He died of wounds on 22 May 1915, after being wounded at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, aged 20. He was one of four brothers who enlisted and served in the First World War, his brother 387 Sergeant (Sgt) James Leslie Stark was also killed.
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Accession Number
P03452.002
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: b&w
Support: Acetate
Credit Line
Donor Toowoomba Grammar School
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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