RISING SUN cut out on the chalk hills on the/ S.W. side of the Wiltshire Downs by the Australian soldiers in 1917
greetings card, greetings card
Accession Number
NAM.2004-03-97-1
Description
RISING SUN cut out on the chalk hills on the/ S.W. side of the Wiltshire Downs by the Australian soldiers in 1917. Photolithograph greetings card, published by R Wilkinson and Company, Trowbridge, 1917 (c). Postcard sent from Lucie Gordon, wife of Cpl Thomas Gordon, Australian Field Artillery, to her sister Mabel, 1918. Hillside with the insignia of the Australian Imperial Force cut out in chalk. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Cpl Thomas Gordon was killed on 17 Aug 1918 and is buried in Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France.
Campaigns
World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)
