The original grave of 2156 Private (Pte) William Draper Jones, 15th Battalion, who was taken ...

Accession Number C02915
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 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.