Accession Number | P11956.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Guilleminot, R |
Place made | France |
Date made | 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 1838 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Hercules James (Herk) Johnston, 34th Battalion. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1838 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Hercules James (Herk) Johnston, 34th Battalion. A barber from Scone, NSW, he embarked as a Private with the 2nd Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Port Sydney (A15) on 4 September 1916. He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium, on 12 October 1917, aged 28.