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Donald Jefferson Stow [PRG 280/1/12/368] • Photograph

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Summary

Former Adelaide Taxation Office employee Private Donald Jefferson Stow with two young children in a London park, England. Donald 'Jefferson' Stow was born in Norwood, South Australia in 1891. Regimental No. 1098, 16th Battalion Machine Gun Section, Private Stow enlisted in the AIF on 12 September 1914 and landed at Gallipoli on the afternoon of 25 April 1915. He received a gun shot wound to his left breast on 8 August 1915. After evacuation and receiving medical treatment in England he returned to his unit and in December transferred to the 44th Battalion. On 12 April 1916 he married Linda Martin. In France on 2 August 1918 he was wounded again, receiving gunshot wounds to his left arm and buttock. Stow returned to Australia in 1918 and was discharged on 24 March 1919. He died in South Australia on 5 January 1973. This image appeared in the Adelaide Chronicle on Saturday 5 August 1916, and is also at PRG 280/1/3/194.

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Physical description

photograph; 10.5 x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1915

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Stow, Donald Jefferson, 1891-1973
Heroes -- South Australia -- Adelaide
World War, 1914-1918
Soldiers -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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General notes

A cutting from the 'Daily Sketch' newspaper of 1915.

Digitisation information

Date

31/01/2003

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,600 x 1,780 pixels (6.4 MP)

Size

6.43 MB

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