| Accession Number | P05740.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Allonville |
| Date made | c 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
A graveyard at the Allonville Communal Cemetery near Amiens, France. One of the men buried there ...
Description
A graveyard at the Allonville Communal Cemetery near Amiens, France. One of the men buried there is 2240 Private Robert Delaney, 4th Light Horse Regiment. Delaney was killed on 31 May 1918 when a German bomb exploded in the barn in which he was sleeping. The barn collapsed, killing and wounding many members of the 14th Battalion who were billeted there. Delaney's grave is that marked by a white shield shaped marker, and other names are also recorded on it.