Akhurst, Herbert Gordon (Lance Corporal, b.? - d.1917)

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Accession Number 1DRL/0015
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Letter
Maker Akhurst, Herbert Gordon
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c 1928
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/158
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Collection relating to the service of Lance Corporal Herbert Gordon Akhurst, 20 Battalion, Bapaume, France 1917. Extracts from letter of 23 March 1917 describe working under the Town Hall in Bapaume where Akhurst was killed two days later on 25 March 1917. Extracts made by father (T. C. Akhurst) at Memorial's request 1928. Location of originals unknown.

History / Summary

Biographical note: 5293 Lance Corporal Herbert Gordon Akhurst, 20 Battalion, AIF. Killed in action, Bapaume, France, 25 March 1917. Son of Thomas Carlyle Akhurst and Emelie Katie Akhurst of 51 Annandale St., Annandale NSW. Born at Balmain, New South Wales.