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H.P Bostock, in World War I uniform.
Inscribed "No 1310 Trooper H.P Bostock 10th Light Horse 10th Reinforcements 3rd Brigade. Left WA 13th Oct 1915." owned land Avon lot 5909 and 5435. He was the grandson of Sophia Phillips nee Roe wife of Samuel Phillips. After the war he went to New Guinea to manage a Copra plantation.
Photographer: Lafayette Studios Perth WA
