Percy Norman Barker, Ipswich, 1916

Creator Details

TitlePercy Norman Barker, Ipswich, 1916Date Created1916StudioWhitehead Studio

Location

City & StateIpswich, QueenslandGeo Coordinatesnot specified

Description

DescriptionPrivate Percy Norman Barker, son of Frank and Caroline Charlotte Barker (nee Favre), enlisted in the 9th Infantry Battalion on 4 July 1916. He died of wounds at the 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on 2 October 1917, and his place of burial/memorial is at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. His brother, Walter Frank Barker, would die of sickness in France in 1919. (E. Habben, Ipswich Roll of Honour, Ipswich City Council, 2009). This image is one of a series mounted on a board for the Central Ipswich Congregational Church, of men from the church who lost their lives in World War I. The unveiling was held at the church on 29 August 1920. (See Queensland Times article 30 August 1920).

Connections

EventsWorld War I (1914-1918)People & FamiliesPercy Norman BarkerCurated CollectionsWhitehead Studios - Community CollectionTaxonomy20th Century | 1910s | 1916

Subjects

SubjectsPortraitsMilitary uniformsSoldiersPeopleMen

Asset Details

Reference IDqips-2010-12-14-0014r.jpgAsset TypeImages - JpegImages, Maps and Artefacts (Trove mapping field)imagePhysical DescriptionPrintCopyright StatusPublic DomainCopyright NoticeCreated prior to 1st January 1955 and as such copyright has expired. Moral rights subsist and the item should be correctly attributed and its integrity preserved.

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Events

World War I (1914-1918)

Curated Collections

Whitehead Studios - Community Collection

This work has entered the Public Domain and is free of known copyright restrictions

This work was created prior to the 1st January 1955 or it is an orphan work (photographer unknown) created more than 70 years ago. It has been identified as being free of known restrictions under the Copyright Act 1968. You can use this work without asking permission. Moral rights remain and the work MUST be correctly attributed to its creator (photographer, studio, author, etc.) with acknowledgement of Picture Ipswich as the source of the work. If you require a higher resolution copy of this work, please contact Picture Ipswich.

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Percy Norman Barker, Ipswich, 1916