Rank:
Private
Service number:
4245
Unit:
50th Infantry Battalion
Location:
Deadman's Gully, Pozieres, France
Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Pozieres, France
Date of Death:
16 August 1916
Enquirer:
Packet number:
964
Date range:
1916-1919
SLSA record number:
SRG 76/1/964
John Edward Painter | Source: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11031893
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John Edward Painter
Very interested. John my great uncle, I have copy of letter to his widow from an officer who found him wounded on the battefield some months after his death. Would you like the original/copy?
Re: John Edward Painter
Hello Ann,
Thanks for your comment. The letter sounds fascinating! You could upload a digital copy of the letter here and if you'd also like to consider donating the original letter to the collection of the State Library of South Australia please see our guide to donating to the collection: http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/donations
Or contact the Collection Development team on telephone: (08) 8207 7260
Kind regards
Joanna