| Accession Number | P03569.015 |
|---|---|
| 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
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The original grave marker number 81B, covered in flowers of 3661 Trooper (Tpr) John Allen Cooper, ...
Description
The original grave marker number 81B, covered in flowers of 3661 Trooper (Tpr) John Allen Cooper, 4th Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, of Leichhardt, NSW. Tpr Cooper enlisted on 8 May 1917 and embarked from Sydney aboard SS Port Darwin on 30 April 1918 as a reinforcement for the Imperial Camel Corps. He died of diphtheria and heart failure in Egypt on 22 October 1918 aged 22 years.