Collection related to the service of 704 Ernest Charles Barnes

Accession Number C00444
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Barnes, Ernest Charles
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Noreuil
Date made June 1916
Conflict 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 of 486 Staff Sergeant (Sgt) Victor Frederick Hansen, and 492 Sgt William Hector Trewhella, 1st Australian Field Artillery (AFA) Brigade, in northern France. Both were killed in action on 10 April 1917, and were subsequently reinterred in Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 21st Howitzer Brigade and 2nd Field Artillery Brigade.)