P08386.001 Accession Number: P08386.001

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Studio portrait of 863 Trooper (Tpr) Richard (Dick) Graham, 1st Light Horse Regiment, of Wagga Wagga, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 4th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Shropshire on 17 March 1915. Arriving at Gallipoli on 29 September 1915, Tpr Graham was evacuated sick to a hospital at Malta the following month. Rejoining his unit in March 1916 in Egypt, he was later transferred to the 1st Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps. Tpr Graham was killed in action in Palestine on 19 April 1917, aged 23. He has no known grave, and his name is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.

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Accession Number
P08386.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c 1915
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor T Mallon
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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