| Accession Number | P09918.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Alba Studio |
| Place made | Australia: Tasmania, Hobart |
| Date made | 1901-1902 |
| Conflict |
South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of Percy Alexander Emery during Boer War. Percy Alexander Emery served as a ...
Description
Studio portrait of Percy Alexander Emery during Boer War. Percy Alexander Emery served as a volunteer in the Tasmanian Defence Force during the 1890s. He served twice in the Boer War, as a private, number 153, with the 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, and as a corporal, number 263, with the 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. Emery subsequently served for 3 years and a half years in the Royal Navy, and for a further 5 years with the Royal Naval Reserve. In 1915 he was working as a carpenter in Sydney when he joined the Home Defence Military Provost Staff. He was discharged on 14 December 1915 and the following day enlisted in the AIF. 5761 Sapper Emery embarked with the 14th Reinforcements, 1st Divisional Signal Company from Sydney on 20 January 1916, aboard HMAT A54 Runic. He died of disease on 19 December 1918, aged 39
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