| Accession Number | P08137.012 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Egypt: Cairo |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Wooden crosses marking the graves of Australian soldiers, wounded on Gallipoli, who died after ...
Description
Wooden crosses marking the graves of Australian soldiers, wounded on Gallipoli, who died after evacuation to Egypt. 158 Trooper (Tpr) Linde Ross Edward Smith, 1st Light Horse Regiment, is buried in the middle grave and 1464 Lance Corporal (LCpl) Roy Hadwen-Chandler, 16th Battlalion, on the right. Smith, a pastoralist from Inverell, NSW, was wounded in action evacuated to Cairo, Egypt and died on 18 June 1915 aged 22. Hadwen-Chandler died of enteric fever on the same day several days after being discharged after successful treatment for a gunshot wound. Both are buried in Chatby War Memorial Cemetery , Egypt