The original grave marker, covered in flowers, of 2967 Trooper (Tpr) Archibald Allan Stokes, 4th ...

Accession Number P03569.026
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: Suez Canal, Port Said
Date made c 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 2967 Trooper (Tpr) Archibald Allan Stokes, 4th Imperial Australian Camel Corps, of Newcastle, NSW. Tpr Stokes enlisted on 20 January 1917 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Boorana on 10 May 1917. He died of illness in Egypt on 20 August 1918 aged 25 years.