The original grave marker, covered in flowers, of 2463 Trooper (Tpr) James Judge Davies, 2nd ...

Accession Number P03569.014
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 2463 Trooper (Tpr) James Judge Davies, 2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, of Cooktown, Qld. Tpr Davies enlisted on 29 November 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Karroo on 5 May 1917. He died of pneumonia in Egypt on 22 October 1918 aged 25 years.

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