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Black and White Photographic Postcard of Aubrey John (Jack) Arkill BECKLEY

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c. 1915

Overview

Black & white photographic postcard of Aubrey John (Jack) Arkill BECKLEY 1673, standing in a trench smoking a pipe, with an artillery gun in the background.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2024.11.1

Item type

Postcards

Themes

Defence > Army

Material

Cardboard

Width

140 mm

Height or length

89 mm

Weight

2 g

Inscriptions and markings

Left top corner ripped & missing.

Contextual information

Aubrey John Arkill BECKLEY, better known as Jack enlisted in the AIF on the 24/06/1915, age 27 years, with the 28th Battalion 2nd Reinforcement. He attained the rank of Sergeant. On the 3/11/1916, while serving in France, Jack was wounded in action, sustaining a gun shot wound to his right thigh. He was admitted to hospital in England, and on the 4/6/1917 he returned to Australia, and was discharged on the 16/07/1917. Jack re-joined on the 30/07/1917 as a clerk in the Home Service, Staff Office for Recruits.

Keywords

28th Battalion

First World War

WWI

Place made

France

Year

c. 1915

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance