| Accession Number | P09506.004 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | At sea |
| Date made | c 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Mrs Edith Jackson (nee Shephard) and her young son Leonard William Jackson on the deck of the SS ...
Description
Mrs Edith Jackson (nee Shephard) and her young son Leonard William Jackson on the deck of the SS City of Poona. Accompanying her husband Captain Albert Edward Jackon MC, 53rd Battalion, they were on their way to Australia with hundreds of other AIF men being repatriated. Leonard Jackson enlisted in the Second World War and died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 16 April 1945 at Sandakan, Borneo.