The original grave marker, covered in flowers, of 3812 Driver (Dvr) William Cecil Sibley, 3rd ...

Accession Number P03569.060
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 3812 Driver (Dvr) William Cecil Sibley, 3rd Australian Light Horse, of Hobart, Tas. Dvr Sibley enlisted on 20 August 1917 and embarked from Melbourne aboard RMS Ormonde on 7 March 1918. He died of pneumonia and malaria in Egypt on 22 December 1918 aged 27 years.