Letter re death of Pte Sullivan - page 4
Production date
17 Oct 1916
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Description
Page 4 of a letter to Mrs. Sullivan (mother of Pte G. Sullivan) from TPR J.A. McLachlan, describing action, wounding and death of Pte. Sullivan.
Classification
DOCUMENTS Letters personal
MILITARY Army
MILITARY Army
Production date
17 Oct 1916
Measurements
200 x 245
Media/Materials description
Indeterminate (Paper), indelible ink
History and use
This is the fourth page of a condolence letter from Trooper Jim Thompson to Mrs Sullivan following the death of her 18-year-old son George during World War 1’s Battle of Romani in 1916. The Lighthorseman's 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.
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Registration number
H41879.4
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