Studio portrait in civilian clothing of 1600 (1556) Private (Pte) Joseph Andrew Hoare, ...

Accession Number P08261.041
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Date made c1918-1919
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 in civilian clothing of 1600 (1556) Private (Pte) Joseph Andrew Hoare, blacksmith, of Donald, Victoria. He enlisted in the 14th Battalion on 10 November 1914 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Runic on 19 February 1915 for Gallipoli. Pte Hoare died of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on 20 August 1915. He was aged 29 years. This image is one from a poster produced at Donald, Victoria, commemorating the deaths of soldiers associated with Donald and surrounding district during the First World War. The poster is held at P08261.001.