| Accession Number | DA08949 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Darge Photographic Company |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows |
| Date made | c May 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Description
Studio portrait of 165 Private (Pte) John Aubrey Hanchett of Pomborneit, Vic. Pte Hanchett enlisted on 14 January 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses on 8 May 1915. He served as a sergeant with the 21st Battalion before he was killed in action on 4 October 1917 at Zonnebeke, Belgium. The circumstances surrounding Pte Hanchetts death were described on his Roll of Honour circular, completed by his parents, in the following way: "He was a Bombing Officer for his regiment which had captured a pill box and the German officer who had surrendered to him, had a revolver secreted in his hand, and shot him dead as he crawled out".