Studio portrait of 40 Private (Pte) Francis Herbert Stokes, 10th Battalion, of Henley Beach, SA. ...

Accession Number P09220.010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made 1914
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 40 Private (Pte) Francis Herbert Stokes, 10th Battalion, of Henley Beach, SA. A clerk prior to enlisting in August 1914, Pte Stokes embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 20 October 1914. Pte Stokes was killed in action at Gallipoli on 27 April 1915. He was 24 years of age.