Studio portrait of 6122 Private (Pte) Seymour Jacka Thomas, 10th Battalion, of Moonta, SA. A ...

Accession Number P05120.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made 1916
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 6122 Private (Pte) Seymour Jacka Thomas, 10th Battalion, of Moonta, SA. A carpenter prior to enlisting on 10 April 1916, he embarked from Adelaide, SA, aboard HMAT Ballarat on 12 August 1916. He was killed in action on 8 October 1917 in Belgium, aged 21, and is commemorated on The Ypres (Menin gate) Memorial in Belgium.