Place | Europe: Germany |
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Accession Number | P00063.002 |
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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of a group of three Australian prisoners of war (POW). Identified on the right is ...
Description
Studio portrait of a group of three Australian prisoners of war (POW). Identified on the right is 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. (DONOR S.HALL)