Grave marker

Accession Number P03696.017.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Belgium
Date made c 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Original grave marker for 29989 Gunner (Gnr) Charles Francis Albert (Charlie) Needham, 4th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Australian Field Artillery. A bank clerk prior to enlisting in Parkside, SA, on 5 November 1915, Gnr Needham embarked from Melbourne, Vic, aboard HMAT Aeneas on 3 October 1916. He was killed in action at Westhoek Ridge, Belgium on 4 October 1917, aged 19.

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