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Postcard of Miss Edith Cavell murdered, October 12th 1915, Remember! [PRG 1675/6/3/R] • Mixed material

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Summary

Front of the postcard features a black and white illustration of the execution a voluntary British nurse killed in Belgium after a military tribunal, with German soldiers standing around her body, and text 'Miss Edith Cavell murdered, October 12th 1915, Remember!'. On the reverse is a black and white photographic portrait of Edith Cavell and text describing her death. Handwritten message: 'Belgium, June 23/6/16. Dear Sister, what do you think of this sort of thing. Love Phill xx'.

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Physical description

Photograph (print)
black and white
Postcards
black and white
colour
Artefact (WW1 campaign medal)
bronze
Postcard (colour), 9 x 13.9 cm.

Dates / Publication details

23 June 1916

Creator

Reid, Effie

Subject

Pittaway, Philip George, 1890-1916.
Australia. Army. Battalion, 27th -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medals -- Australia.
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Medals.

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Historical information

Philip George Pittaway was born in 1890 to George Francis Pittaway and Jane (nee Hunt). He worked as a labourer in Balaklava, South Australia, before enlisting on 14 January 1915 at the age of 24. No. 171 Private Philip George Pittaway served with the 27th Battalion, A Company, embarking from Adelaide on board the HMAT A2 'Geelong' on 31 May 1915. He served in Egypt and Gallipoli for three months before being sent to France in March 1916. He was killed in action on 5 November 1916 in France during the 27th Battalion's attack on German positions in Flers, and has no known grave.

Digitisation information

Date

10/12/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,827 x 4,455 pixels (30.4 MP)

Size

91.48 MB

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