Accession Number | P05301.178 |
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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
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Studio portrait of 4153 Private William Anthony Hookham 20th Battalion of London, England. Son ...
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.