Studio portrait of 7441 Private Percy Vernon Barr, his wife Clara and daughter Frances May, taken ...

Accession Number P04540.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Williams, Adolphus H
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c October 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 7441 Private Percy Vernon Barr, his wife Clara and daughter Frances May, taken just prior to his embarkation for overseas service. Pte Barr enlisted in the 14th Battalion on 25 June 1917 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 21 November 1917. Her was wounded in action on 18 September 1918 and returned to Australia on 2 January 1919.