Mixed Collection relating to Pte Donald Walter Cooke (1338), 3 Battalion AIF

Accession Number P11550.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Crown Studios
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 1338 Private (Pte) Donald Walter Cooke, 3rd Battalion. A farmer of North Richmond, NSW, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements on 11 February 1915 aboard HMAT Seang Bee (A48). Pte Cooke was killed in action on 25 April 1915. The photograph is mounted on card supplied by the NSW Governement archives, and records particulars of the soldier as supplied by the soldier's next of kin.