The grave of SX7200 Gordon James Jury, of Torrensville, SA. A wool scourer before enlisting on 29 ...

Accession Number P07961.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein
Date made c 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The grave of SX7200 Gordon James Jury, of Torrensville, SA. A wool scourer before enlisting on 29 June 1940 in Adelaide, he was killed in action in Egypt on 22 July 1942, at the age of 26. He was buried at Tel-El-Eisa, before being reburied in El Alamein War Cemetery.