Accession Number | P05367.005 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of an unidentified sergeant (left) and 2283 Private (Pte) Allan Hooker, 17th ...
Description
Studio portrait of an unidentified sergeant (left) and 2283 Private (Pte) Allan Hooker, 17th Battalion, (right). Hooker of Uralla, NSW, enlisted at Liverpool, NSW on 20 July 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Argyllshire on 30 September 1915. He was promoted to driver on 24 April 1916 and died of pneumonia on 29 November 1918 at the Casualty clearing Station in France aged 22 years.