| Accession Number | P08624.394 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
| Maker |
Cumberland |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1920 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 4714 Private Vivian Gordon Hosking 19th Battalion of Burwood, NSW. A clerk ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4714 Private Vivian Gordon Hosking 19th Battalion of Burwood, NSW. A clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 13 April 1916. Pte Hosking returned to Australia on 14 January 1917 due to illness. He died in Caulfield Military Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria on 10 March 1917, aged 20. He is buried in the Coburg General Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria.