Studio portrait of 4153 Private William Anthony Hookham 20th Battalion of London, England. Son ...

Accession Number P05301.178
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1915
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 4153 Private William Anthony Hookham 20th Battalion of London, England. Son of William Hookham. A clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 11 March 1916. He died of wounds on 9 August 1916 in Boulogne, France, aged 23. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.