P09114.009 Accession Number: P09114.009

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Graves of 9906 Private (Pte) James Downie, 187, Pte Fred Flowers and 16084 Pte Joseph Clarence Nix all of the 1st Field Ambulance, Army Medical Corps. Pte Downie, a painter from Taringa, Qld prior to enlistment, embarked with the 16th Reinforcements, 1st Australian General Hospital from Sydney on HMAT Nestor on 9 April 1916. Later transferring to the 1st Field Ambulance he was killed in action on 18 September 1917, aged 21. Pte Flowers, a painter from Kensington, NSW prior to enlistment, embarked from Sydney on HMAT Euripides on 20 October 1914. On 18 September 1917 he was killed in action, aged 28. Pte Nix, a grocer from Coraki, NSW prior to enlistment, embarked with the General Reinforcements, Army Medical Corps from Sydney on HMAT Demosthenes on 22 December 1916. On 18 September 1917 he was killed in action, aged 20. All three men were buried in The Huts Cemetery, Belgium.

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Accession Number
P09114.009
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1917-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Reynolds
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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