| Accession Number | P10664.005 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Print hand-coloured black & white |
| Maker |
The Swiss Studios |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Hand coloured studio portrait of (probably) 1111 Private James Allen Walker, 19th Battalion. A ...
Description
Hand coloured studio portrait of (probably) 1111 Private James Allen Walker, 19th Battalion. A compositor from Pretoria, South Africa, with three years experience in the senior cadets before enlistment, Pte Walker joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force to New Guinea in August 1914, with service number 175. Returning to Australia with malaria, he had to show he had fully recovered before re-enlisting in May 1915. Joining the 19th Battalion on Gallipoli, Corporal Walker saw out the campaign before returning to Egypt. In February 1916 he was sentenced to three years penal servitude in Australia for his part in a mutiny, and refusal to obey a direct order. He served one year of his sentence before being allowed to return to active duty, serving with the 33rd and 36th Battalions on the Western Front. He returned to Australia, invalided, at the end of 1918.
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