The original grave marker, covered in flowers, of 1034 Trooper (Tpr) William Lewis Powell, 3rd ...

Accession Number P03569.013
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 1034 Trooper (Tpr) William Lewis Powell, 3rd Australian Light Horse, of Peterborough, SA. Tpr Powell enlisted on 4 January 1915 and embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Borda on 25 June 1915. He died of pneumonia in Egypt on 26 October 1918 aged 29 years.