Original Grave markers

Accession Number AWM2019.618.11
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Flers
Date made 12 November 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

Four original wooden cross grave markers for 232 Driver (Dr) Charles Allen, 2nd Australian Field Artillery Battery, from Alexandria, NSW; 278 Bombadier (Bdr) Allan Edward Beeks, 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade, from Pyrmont, NSW; 301 Gunner (Gr) Eric Marsden Hassall, 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade, from Cremorne, NSW; and 701 Corporal (Cpl) Kenneth Holmes Fairey, 2nd Australian Field Artillery Battery, from North Sydney, NSW. Dr Allen, Bdr Beeks, Gr Hassall, and Cpl Fairey were killed in action on the 12 November 1916 in Flers, France.