| Accession Number | P02911.076 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
King, Robert C |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Hangard Wood |
| Date made | 1918-1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
The original grave of Lieutenant (Lt) John Graham Antill Pockley, 33rd Battalion at Hangard Wood, ...
Description
The original grave of Lieutenant (Lt) John Graham Antill Pockley, 33rd Battalion at Hangard Wood, France.. A grazier from Yarran Springs, NSW Lt Pockley originally served as a Private with the Australian Army Medical Corps Hospital Transports. On 24 January 1917 he embarked with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant with the 7th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Anchises. Later promoted to Lieutenant he was killed in action on 30 March 1918, aged 26. Following the Armistice,his grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. His brother Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps, was killed in action at Rabaul and was the first Australian officer to be killed in the First World War. (See H19316).