The original grave marker, covered in flowers of 1657 Trooper (Tpr) James Elia Bertram Peisley, ...

Accession Number P03569.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: Suez Canal, Port Said
Date made c October 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The original grave marker, covered in flowers of 1657 Trooper (Tpr) James Elia Bertram Peisley, 1st Australian Light Horse, of Singleton, NSW. Tpr Peisley enlisted on 9 September 1915 and embarked from Sydney, NSW, aboard RMS Morea on 17 February 1917. He died of sickness in Egypt on 17 October 1918 aged 29 years.