Object numberM2011/037:003
DescriptionA card issued by the Australian Imperial Force. In memory of Joseph M. Gubbay, Number 2308, Private in the 36th Battalion. It states that he is interred in Strand Military Cemeter, Plot 6, Row B. The attached photograph shows the grave with a cross above it. Later the family was notified that this was not a true grave (see M2011/037:004). The site is in Belgium. After 1925 the cross marking the grave was removed and Joseph's name was inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres.
Production placeBelgium
Production date 1918
Subjectwar graves, Australian Army
Object namememorials
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- length: 162.00 mm
width: 230.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Raie Levy