P11028.001.001 Accession Number: P11028.001.001

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Original grave marker in the shape of a Star of David, of 2868 Private (Pte) John Fullarton (Jack) Aarons, 16th Battalion, at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France, who died of wounds 11 July 1917. Pte Aarons who was born at Orange, NSW, enlisted in Perth, WA, on 10 July 1916 with the 51st Battalion and embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Argyllshire on 9 November 1916. On 5 May 1917 he was transferred to the 16th Battalion in which his younger brother 2nd Lieutenant Daniel Sidney Aarons, also served.

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Accession Number
P11028.001.001
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: b&w
Colour: Black & white
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor D Aarons
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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