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Sapper Moore-Jones Place

By TOTI, 1 December 2012

On 30 November 2012 ‘Marlborough’ became the nation’s first ‘Sapper Moore-Jones Place’ in the presence of 11 of Moore-Jones’ descendants and the son of the medic portrayed in the artist’s ‘Man with the Donkey’ painting. The military engineering title ‘Sapper’ was argued to account the war artist’s Anzac and Gallipoli record.