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Unique ID	CWGC/8/1/4/1/1/259
File Number	AA60697
Title	Private PHILIP PALMER - V.C. CORNER AUSTRALIAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, FROMELLES - Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Description	File of correspondence regarding Private Philip Palmer who is commemorated in V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, France. Also refers to a casualty named Jack Palmer, Chief Engineer. Main topics include correspondence regarding enquiry from relative of Private Palmer asking about the location of the grave and response from the Commission that there was no trace found in its records. Further correspondence confirming that an error was made and that there was a casualty named Philip Palmer whose name was inscribed on a memorial wall in V.C. Corner. Correspondence from Mr Parrott thanking the Commission for the information on Private Palmer and asking for details of his father Jack Palmer, who was a Chief Engineer who died when his ship was torpedoed during the First World War. Response from the Commission providing two possible candidates commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, United Kingdom.
Content Note	Includes: Handwritten letter dated 22 December 1958 from Mr Harrie Parrott, relative of Private Palmer, asking about his grave, possibly located in Bedford House Cemetery. Further letter from Mr Parrott thanking the Commission for confirming his relative's details and commemoration as well as asking about the father of Private Palmer, Chief Engineer Jack Palmer who was killed during the First World War when his ship was torpedoed, dated 26 November 1959.
Date	22/12/1958 - 14/1/1960
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Cemetery_Name	V.C. CORNER AUSTRALIAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, FROM