Description
The original grave marker, covered in flowers, of 400 Staff Sergeant Major (SSM) Henry James Chivers, 1st Australian Light Horse, C Squadron, of Cowra, NSW. SSM Chivers enlisted on 22 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Star of Victoria on 20 October 1914. He was promoted to lance corporal on 4 December 1915, corporal on 1 January 1916, lance sergeant on 5 September 1916. He was promoted to sergeant on 1 December 1916 and SSM on 7 October 1918. He died of endocarditis in Egypt on 11 December 1918 aged 26 years.
Details
Accession Number
P03569.056
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c 1919P07978.001
Credit Line
Doner H Doerner
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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