Grave with temporary cross of 7314 Lance Corporal Harry George Wickens, 13th Field Company ...

Accession Number P06569.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Place made Belgium, Belgium
Date made c 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Grave with temporary cross of 7314 Lance Corporal Harry George Wickens, 13th Field Company Engineers, of Brisbane, Queensland. Prior to his enlistment on 8 December 1915 Lance Corporal Wickens was employed as a timber setter. He embarked with his company aboard the HMAT Star of Victoria (A16) on the 31 March 1916 from Sydney, NSW. Lance Corporal Wickens was killed in action on the 14 October 1917 in France. He is buried in the Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium.