Studio portrait of 2371 Sapper (Spr) John Robert Brockley, 3rd Tunnelling Company, of ...

Accession Number H05847
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 2371 Sapper (Spr) John Robert Brockley, 3rd Tunnelling Company, of Bendigo,Vic. An ironworker prior to enlistment, Spr Brockley embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Star of Victoria on 31st March 1916. He was killed in action on 27th November 1916, aged 50. He was buried in the Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, France.