| Accession Number | P04231.007 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 194 Private (Pte) Robert Frederick Burns, A Company, 19th Battalion, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 194 Private (Pte) Robert Frederick Burns, A Company, 19th Battalion, of Tamworth, NSW. Pte Burns enlisted on 10 February 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915. On 27 July 1916 he was wounded in action, receiving a gun shot wound to the left leg and also suffered from shell shock. Pte Burns was a prisoner of war (POW) in Germany and died on 8 May 1917, aged 19 years. He is buried in France. This lantern slide is one of a series of images of soldiers from the district who enlisted and served overseas. The slides were probably displayed at the Tamworth Cinema between features. Some of the slides have been annotated with information about the person pictured.