Place | Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, Tel el Eisa |
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Accession Number | PR86/038 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 2 ITEMS |
Object type | Book, Document |
Maker |
Gurney, Arthur Stanley |
Date made | 1942 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Copying Provisions | Copying permitted subject to physical condition |
Gurney, Arthur Stanley (Private, VC, 2/48th Battalion AIF b.1908 - d.1942)
Description
NEW TESTAMENT AND INVENTORY OF EFFECTS AT TIME OF DEATH. PTE GURNEY DIED AS A RESULT OF WOUNDS RECEIVED DURING THE ATTACK ON TEL EL EISA ON 22 JULY 1942. HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE VC FOR THIS ACTION
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