The original grave of 1379 Private (Pte) George Burdett King, 9th Battalion, who was taken ...

Accession Number C02916
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey
Date made 1916-1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The original grave of 1379 Private (Pte) George Burdett King, 9th Battalion, who was taken prisoner by the Turks at Gallipoli in 1915, and died in captivity, aged 24, at Afron Kara Hissar on 16 August 1918. Pte King's grave now lies in the Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, one of many graves to be brought in from battlefields and cemeteries in Anatolia where Commonwealth prisoners of war (POWs) were buried by the Turks.

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