| Accession Number | P03990.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Nixon, Charles Millington |
| Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Fremantle, Australia: Western Australia, Fremantle |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 4895 Driver Robert Thomas Straughair, 16th Battalion
Description
Studio portrait of 4895 Driver (Dvr) Robert Thomas Straughair, 16th Battalion. Dvr Straughair of Fremantle, WA, enlisted on 29 November 1915 and died of disease in Abbeville, France on 21 October 1918, aged 23 years. He is buried in the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension. His brother, 3117 Private (Pte) William John Straughair of the 51st Battalion, enlisted on 18 June the same year and returned to Australia on 13 February 1917 (see P03990.002).