| Accession Number | H19317 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) John Graham Antill Pockley, 33rd Battalion. A grazier ...
Description
Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) John Graham Antill Pockley, 33rd Battalion. A grazier from Yarran Springs, NSW 2nd Lt Pockley originally served as a Private with the Australian Army Medical Corps Hospital Transports. On 24 January 1917 he embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Anchises. Later promoted to Lieutenant he was killed in action on 30 March 1918 at Hangard Wood, France , aged 26, and was buried nearby. Following the Armistice his grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. His brother Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps, was killed in action at Rabaul and was the first Australian officer to be killed in the First World War. (See H19316)