Studio portrait of NX14129 Private (Pte) Henry James Sparkes, 2/2 Battalion, superimposed on ...

Accession Number P09022.011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Jerusalem
Date made 20 October 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of NX14129 Private (Pte) Henry James Sparkes, 2/2 Battalion, superimposed on views of Tel-Aviv, Yarkon, Jerusalem and Haifa; printed as a postcard. Part of a series of photographs, letters and related items recording the service of Pte Sparkes who wrote reguarly to his wife from the time he began training early in 1940, through his service in North Africa and his internment following his capture in Greece in April 1941.