| Accession Number | P10378.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, Richmond |
| Date made | c 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Outdoor portrait of Major Gerald George Hogan, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, with his daughter ...
Description
Outdoor portrait of Major Gerald George Hogan, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, with his daughter Geraldine. After the war Major Hogan MC, originally a solicitor from Camperdown, became the Australian Crown Law Officer at Rabaul, New Britain. Interned by the Japanese early in 1942 he was one of an estimated 845 prisoners of war (POWs) and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru on 22 June 1942. The POWs were members of the No. 1 Independent Company, 2/22 Battalion and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.