Studio portrait of 1838 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Hercules James (Herk) Johnston, 34th Battalion. A ...

Accession Number P11956.001
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.