Commemorative headstone erected by the family of 2467 Private (Pte ) Herbert Myles Powell, 45th ...

Accession Number P09410.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Boller, Mick
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Lue
Date made 2009
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Commemorative headstone erected by the family of 2467 Private (Pte ) Herbert Myles Powell, 45th Battalion, in a cemetery of the Powell and Johnstone families at Rock Valley farm. A farm labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Powell embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24 August 1916. He was killed in action in Belgium on 30 September 1917, aged 25. The headstone reads, 'IN LOVING MEMORY OF PRIVATE H. M. POWELL Killed in action At Polygon Wood France 30 Sept 1917 Aged 25 years'.