| Accession Number | E02740 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Heilly |
| Date made | 12 July 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
The Australian Cemetery at Heilly, France with crosses over graves showing names. Names are from ...
Description
The Australian Cemetery at Heilly, France with crosses over graves showing names. Names are from left to right: 376 Private (Pte) James Curtin, 5th Pioneer Battalion from Newcastle, NSW (killed in action 18 June 1918); 1197 Corporal Murray Elder MM, 23rd Battalion from Doncaster, Victoria (killed in action 10 June 1918); 116 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Valentine John Howell, 18th Battalion from Enfield, NSW (killed in action 31 May 1918); 5118 Pte George Arthur Byrne, 22nd Battalion from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa (accidentally drowned 22 May 1918); 48051 L Cpl Alfred Watts, 22nd Battalion from Maryborough, Victoria (died of wounds 19 May 1918); 3150 Pte George Duncan MacDonald, 2nd Pioneer Battalion from Kolora, Victoria (killed in action 11 June 1918); 4398 Pte Hubert Trevor-Roper, 2nd Pioneer Battalion from Lawrence Taunton, Somerset, UK (killed in action 13 June 1918); 6881 Pte William Scott, 24th Battalion from Middle Brighton, Victoria (killed in action 19 May 1918); and 6819 Pte William John Jennings, 24th Battalion from South Melbourne, Victoria (killed in action 14 June 1918). All those listed were subsequently re-interred in the Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.