Letter - re. grave of Pte Sullivan
Production date
10 Apr 1920
See full details
Object detail
Description
Letter informing recipient of contents of packet of photographs of grave of her son and its location.
Classification
DOCUMENTS Letters
MILITARY Army
MILITARY Army
Production date
10 Apr 1920
Measurements
210 x 170
Media/Materials description
Indeterminate (Paper) and ink
History and use
18-year-old Lighthorseman George Sullivan was fatally wounded during World War 1’s Battle of Romani in 1916. His widowed mother spent the next decade corresponding with the War Office, sorting out her son’s affairs. The family kept this correspondence for many years, finally donating it to the Queensland Museum in 1983. Medallions, photographs and grave information from the military and government often provided all the information families ever had about the deaths of family members.
Associated person
Registration number
H41831
Share
Category
