Studio portrait of an Australian prisoner of war (POW) 3309 Private Thomas Henry Herket, 53rd ...

Place Europe: Germany
Accession Number P00063.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Germany
Date made c 1917
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 an Australian prisoner of war (POW) 3309 Private Thomas Henry Herket, 53rd Battalion who was a 21 year old chauffeur from Sydney, NSW (born in New Zealand) when he enlisted and embarked for overseas with the 11th Reinforcements of the 2nd Battalion from Sydney on 2 November 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides. He was wounded and captured at Fleurbaix, France on 20 July 1916 and held as a POW in various camps in Germany. After being transferred to Holland on 13 January 1918, he was admitted to the King George Hospital in London on 20 January 1918 and then returned to Australia on 5 January 1919. Handwritten on the face of this photograph is: 'To Private Stephen Hall with best wishes from T. Herket 53rd Battalion AIF'. Stephen Hall was a fellow POW, see image P00063.027.