Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John William Pidcock MC, 42nd Battery, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, ...

Accession Number P02992.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Portrait
Physical description Black & white, Portrait
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John William Pidcock MC, 42nd Battery, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, of Newcastle, NSW. Lt Pidcock enlisted on 1 September 1914 in C Section of the 1st Field Ambulance as a private, and was later commissioned to the Field Artillery Brigade in 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross on 5 April 1918 for "conspicious gallantry during the attack on the 5th April 1918 against our positions opposite Dernacourt and Albert" , and later died of wounds he received in that action. (Donor J. Pidcock)