Collection relating to James Lovel Stirton

Accession Number P11471.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1915
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 1031 Private (Pte) James Lovel Stirton, 7th Light Horse Regiment. After serving at Gallipoli and in Egypt, Pte Stirton returned to Australia in June 1919. He went on to serve in the Second World War, serving with the 2/6 Battalion and was captured during the Greek campaign of 1941. He was held at Stalag 383, Hohenfels, until the end of the war.