Accession Number | P03452.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1912 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of Henry Cook Stark, of Toowoomba, Qld, wearing his school uniform. On 24 August ...
Description
Studio portrait of Henry Cook Stark, of Toowoomba, Qld, wearing his school uniform. On 24 August 1916, he enlisted as a Private (Pte) in the 9th Battalion with the regimental number 8. Pte Stark embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Omrah on 24 September 1914. He died of wounds on 22 May 1915, after being wounded at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, aged 20. He was one of four brothers who enlisted and served in the First World War, his brother 387 Sergeant (Sgt) James Leslie Stark was also killed.