| Accession Number | P10477.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Bray Proyart Area, Bray-sur-Somme |
| Date made | 1923 |
| Conflict |
Period 1920-1929 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Original grave marker of Lieutenant (Lt) Arthur Philip Bills, 50th Battalion from Unley, South ...
Description
Original grave marker of Lieutenant (Lt) Arthur Philip Bills, 50th Battalion from Unley, South Australia. A 21 year old clerk prior to enlisting on 15 March 1916, he embarked for overseas as a Private (service number 2856) with the 7th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 6 November 1916 aboard HMAT Afric. Following further training in England, he joined the 50th Battalion in France in May 1917. Two months later, he was back in England undergoing officer training at Cambridge where he was appointed a Second Lieutenant on 3 November 1917. After rejoining the 50th Battalion in France later in November, he was wounded in action near Villers-Bretonneux on 6 May 1918. While undergoing medical treatment for his wounds, he was promoted to Lieutenant on 14 May 1918. He rejoined the 50th Battalion in June and was killed in action near Bray, France on 11 August 1918. Lt Bills is buried in the Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-Sur-Somme, France. In 1923 brothers-in-law Thomas Fisher and Albert Harvey toured battlefields and war cemeteries and photographed graves of their relatives.