P00046.047 Accession Number: P00046.047

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A service is performed on the deck of the troopship HMS Hororata prior to a burial at sea on Christmas Day. Formerly a horsebreaker of Walla Walla, 669 Gunner James Dalton, 1st Brigade Field Artillery, died of enteric fever and jaundice. The ship was en route from Lemnos to Alexandria with troops evacuated from Gallipoli. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)

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Accession Number
P00046.047
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
25 December 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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