| Accession Number | P09819.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 3809 Private (Pte) John Wesley Holland, 14th Battalion. A labourer from ...
Description
Studio portrait of 3809 Private (Pte) John Wesley Holland, 14th Battalion. A labourer from Shepparton, Vic, prior to enlistment, Pte Holland embarked with the 12th Reinforcements from Adelaide aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 23 November 1915, along with his two brothers, 3807 Pte Charles Spurgeon Holland and 3808 Pte George Whitfield Holland. On 1 July 1916 Pte George Holland was killed in action in France. Pte Charles Holland died of wounds on 28 August 1916. Pte John Holland received gunshot wounds to his left leg and shellshock on 1 July 1916 in France on the same day his brother George was killed. John received treatment in the 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. Following his return to his unit he became ill in France in November 1917 and recuperated in the 4th London General Hospital. The uniform he is wearing in the portrait indicates he was a mobile patient at an English hospital. He is wearing a 'hospital blues' uniform in order to visit town. It includes his own cap, a blue hospital coat, and a red scarf knotted as a tie. Pinned to Pte Holland's tie is a fundraising flower badge. The Australian War Memorial holds a collection of such badges sold by English hospitals and other wartime fundraising organisations.
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