Studio portrait of 2194 Private (Pte) John Edward Hobbs, 33rd Battalion, of Little Plain, NSW. A ...

Accession Number P09113.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1916
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 2194 Private (Pte) John Edward Hobbs, 33rd Battalion, of Little Plain, NSW. A carpenter prior to enlisting in January 1916, Pte Hobbs embarked from Sydney with the 3rd Reinforcements on board HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24 August 1916. He was killed in action at Messines, Belgium, on 8 June 1917. He was 30 years of age. His brother 3003 Trooper Arthur Ernest Hobbs, 1st Light Horse Regiment, died of illness in Egypt on 25 October 1918.