An unidentified Australian soldier standing beside the grave of QX5877 Private (Pte) James Sidney ...

Accession Number P08802.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made North Africa: Libya
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

An unidentified Australian soldier standing beside the grave of QX5877 Private (Pte) James Sidney Gillespie, 2/15 Battalion, of Millmerran, Qld. Pte Gillespie was killed in action in Libya on 1 September 1942. More than thirty men of the 2/15th were killed during Operation Bulimba and several British and German tanks destroyed. Tracks from such a tank have been used to surround Pte Gillespie's grave. Image from the collection of NX11895 Donald Cooper.

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