Accession Number | C02915 |
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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
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The original grave of 2156 Private (Pte) William Draper Jones, 15th Battalion, who was taken ...
Description
The original grave of 2156 Private (Pte) William Draper Jones, 15th Battalion, who was taken prisoner by the Turks and died in captivity, aged 30, at Afron Kara Hissar on 31 January 1917. Pte Jones'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.