The graves with original grave markers of Captains Chapman and Palmer, both of the 55th ...

Accession Number P03788.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Montauban
Date made c 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The graves with original grave markers of Captains Chapman and Palmer, both of the 55th Battalion. Capt Percy Wellesley Chapman MC of Goulburn, NSW, was killed in action on 12 March 1917 and Capt Herbert Leopold Palmer of Petersham, NSW, was killed in action on 11 March 1917. They are buried in the Bernafray Wood Cemetery at Montauban, France.