P08624.371 Accession Number: P08624.371

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Studio portrait of 1805 Private John Poxon 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery of Lidcombe, NSW. A wagon builder prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 2 December 1916. He was wounded in action near Proyart, France, on 27 August 1918. Pte Poxon died of wounds in the 55th Casualty Clearing Station, France on 28 August 1918, aged 31. He is buried in the Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

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Accession Number
P08624.371
Maker
Cumberland
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Date Made
1920
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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