John Graham Antill Pockley photographs on the hospital ship Karoola

PXA 7780

fonds

1915

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9680470

1 album (74 photographic prints) - 25 x 16 cm

John Graham Antill Pockley was born on 14 August 1891 In St Leonards, New South Wales. Educated at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School, he served as a Private with the Australian Army Medical Corps Hospital Transports. Between July 1915 and January 1916, he was aboard the hospital ship, Karoola, which transported sick and wounded soldiers between England and Australia. Later promoted to Lieutenant, he then served with the 33rd Infantry Battalion in France until his death in action on 30 March 1918 in Hangard Wood, near Villers-Bretonneaux, France. He married Nancy Julia Sargood (1890-1974) on 22 January 1915, with whom he had two sons, one of whom died in childbirth.

References:
Find a Grave. "Lieutenant John Graham Antill 'Jack' Pockley". Accessed 31 May 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16187358/john-graham_antill-pockley

Anglican Parish Registers, Sydney, Australia. Accessed 31 May 2024. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61177/images/45578_nsl%5Eba18721922-00099

Album inherited from donor’s grandmother Nancy Pockley, wife of John Graham Antil Pockley.

1 album containing 74 photographic prints of the hospital ship, Karoola, in 1915, created by John Graham Antill Pockley. Photos include soldiers on board; making port in Malta, Alexandria, Egypt and Aden, Yemen; military camps in Southampton, England; other ships and vessels. Individuals named include Private Pockley; Private Harold Aitken; Corporal Charles Todd.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

All photos annotated with names and locations. Contemporary labels on front and inside cover read "J.G.A. Pockley, Hospital Ship Karoola 1915" and "J.G.A. Pockley, Joined Australia Imp. Forces 1st Hospital Ship in June. 1915 'Karoola'."