Avon, England. 1943-09-11. RAAF Sergeant Pilots and Flying Officer Hallam, with Mr A. G. Powell, ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number SUK11424
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Avon, England. 1943-09-11. RAAF Sergeant Pilots and Flying Officer Hallam, with Mr A. G. Powell, Home Honourable Secretary, Bishops Knoll (Australian) Old Comrades' Society, visiting the Soldier's Corner at Arno's Vale Cemetery, after attending the funeral of Sergeant Wilfred Shapcott, RAAF, of Melbourne, Vic. In this sacred plot of ground are buried many Australian soldiers who died of wounds or sickness in Bristol during the last Great War. A Service of Remembrance is held on the spot on Anzac Day, every year.