| Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR89/054 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 ITEM |
| Object type | Document |
| Maker |
Australian Army |
| Date made | 1914 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 89/0626 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Pockley, Brian Colden Antill (Captain, b.1890 - d.1914)
Description
Original commission papers of Captain B. C. A. Pockley (Australian Army Medical Corps), who died of wounds on 11 September 1914 shortly after the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landing at Kabakaul, German New Guinea (later New Britain). Pockley was one of the very first members of the Australian forces to die as a result of enemy action in the First World War.