Grave with original marker of 7205 Private (Pte) David Andrew Allison, 11th Battalion, of Murphys ...

Accession Number P09184.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Unknown
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Grave with original marker of 7205 Private (Pte) David Andrew Allison, 11th Battalion, of Murphys Creek, Qld. A teamster prior to enlistment, he embarked from Fremantle, WA with the 24th Reinforcements on board HMAT Miltiades on 29 January 1917. Pte Allison died of sickness at the Royal Hospital Weymouth, England on 16 December 1917, ages 45. He is buried at the Melcombe Regis Cemetery, United Kingdom.