The original grave marker of 3233 Private (Pte) Joseph Tomphson Risk of Lismore, New South Wales, ...

Accession Number P06226.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1918
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 marker of 3233 Private (Pte) Joseph Tomphson Risk of Lismore, New South Wales, at Cote 80 French National Cemetery at Etinehem in France. A farmer before the war, Pte Risk served in the 49th Battalion, and was killed by a shell during the Battle of Hamel on the 14 August 1918.