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Thy Will be done

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  • Description

    In memoriam card. Recto: "Thy Will be done". Inside: Black and white photograph portrait of a young boy dressed in the Royal Navy uniform. Text reads: "Boy hero of Great Naval Battle off Jutland. ... In loving memory of John Travers Cornwell. The Boy Hero of the Jutland Battle. When mortally wounded he stuck to his guns. Interred with full honours at Manor Park Cemetery, Saturday July 29th, 1916.".

  • Place
    England
  • Other Id

    16976 (Presto content ID)

    EPH-W1-22-3 (Reference Number)

  • Department

    Ephemera

Thy Will be done, Auckland War Memorial Museum, EPH-W1-22-3

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  • Thy Will be done, Auckland War Memorial Museum, EPH-W1-22-3
  • Thy Will be done, Auckland War Memorial Museum, EPH-W1-22-3

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