Accession Number | P11905.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Parker, W G and Company |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Date made | c September 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Collection relating to Captain Thomas Kennedy Westbrook
Description
Studio portrait of Captain Thomas Kennedy Westbrook, 2nd Battalion. 2nd Lt Westbrook enlisted on 27 August 1914, aged 19, and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suffolk on 18 October 1914. In March 1916 he was promoted to the rank of captain. Captain Westbrook was killed in action in France on 7 May 1917.