A grave marker for 188 Trooper (Tpr) Arthur William Drinkwater, A Squadron, 7th Light Horse ...

Accession Number P04207.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Carne, Walter Mervyn
Place made Egypt
Date made c August 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A grave marker for 188 Trooper (Tpr) Arthur William Drinkwater, A Squadron, 7th Light Horse Regiment, of Cessnock, NSW. Tpr Drinkwater enlisted on 22 October 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ayrshire on 20 December 1914. He was killed in action on 5 August 1916 at the Battle of Romani, Egypt.