Private Richard McDonald's Bible. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Private Richard McDonald's Bible. / Kiama.Library
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| 説明 | Private McDonald, service number 5182, was killed two weeks after arriving at Pozieres in July 1916. His Bible was found in a box of secondhand books bought at Sydney’s Surry Hills in 2006.Private McDonald’s Australian Imperial Forces record shows he had no known next of kin, and when he died from a gunshot wound in July 1916, his few belongings were sent to a Miss A.M. Morrow of Dapto. She died in 1949, also with no next of kin, and the Bible’s location between then and 2006 remains a mystery. The Bible was received on behalf of Kiama by the Mayor, Sandra McCarthy, at a small ceremony at Kiama Library on July 7 2011.Born: 25 April 1883.Enlisted: Liverpool. 20 December 1915.Unit: 1st Australian Infantry Battalion.Embarked: Makarini. 1 April 1916. Served in France.Wounded: 20-25 July 1916; Died of wounds 24 July 1916, Pozieres.Cemetry Register No.: France 44. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemettry Extension.Religion: Church of England.Employment: State quarries, Kiama.Marital status: Single.Next of kin: Friend, Miss A. May Morrow, Dapto.Parents: Frederick and Susannah McDonald.Height: 5-ft 9-1/2-in. Weight: 163-lbs.Chest: 36/39-in.Complexion: Dark.Eyes: Brown.Hair: Black.Notes: Member of the 37th Infantry Band at Kiama.Notes: On the role of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, Miss Morrow states: "He was absolutely without a living relative". |
| 撮影日 | 2013-05-31 13:03:31 |
| 撮影者 | Kiama.Library , Kiama, Australia |
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