| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00156.076 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines |
| Date made | c 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Wooden cross marking the graves of 1896 Private (Pte) David Peacock, 2357 Pte Bruce Cairns ...
Description
Wooden cross marking the graves of 1896 Private (Pte) David Peacock, 2357 Pte Bruce Cairns Marshall and 2104 Pte Ernest Bernard Luecke all of the 38th Battalion. Pte Peacock, a dairyman from East Brunswick, Vic prior to enlistment, embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne on RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916. Pte Marshall, a slater and tiler from Albert Park, Vic prior to enlistment, embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916. Pte Luecke, a bread carter from Bendigo, Vic prior to enlistment, embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Shropshire on 25 September 1916. All three men were killed in action on 7 June 1917 at Messines. Following the Armistice, their graves could not be located and they are commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial. (Original album held in AWM Archive Store)