| Accession Number | B00860 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Egypt: Frontier, Sinai, Magdhaba |
| Date made | February 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
A cross marks the grave at Magdhaba of 2154 Trooper (Tpr) Percy Butcher, 14th Company, Imperial ...
Description
A cross marks the grave at Magdhaba of 2154 Trooper (Tpr) Percy Butcher, 14th Company, Imperial Camel Corps (14th Coy ICC), and 7/1321 Tpr E Garland, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, killed in action on 23 December 1916 (Commonwealth War Graves Commission database shows Tpr Garland died 24 December 1916). Both soldiers were re-interred in the Kantara War Cemetery, Egypt. Tpr Butcher was a miner from Mount Morgan, Queensland prior to enlistment. He embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Commonwealth for Suez, Egypt, where he was hospitalised due to illness and on discharge he was transferred to the ICC. Tpr Butcher was wounded in action in near Magdhaba, Egypt, on 23 December 1916 and died of these wounds the same day in 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance. He was aged 21 years.