Studio portrait of 33718 Gunner David Tait Robinson, 7th Brigade Australian Field Artillery of ...

Accession Number P05413.072
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Date made 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 33718 Gunner David Tait Robinson, 7th Brigade Australian Field Artillery of Gympie,Qld. A bank clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Marathon (A74) on 10 May 1917. On 25 September 1917, aged 19, he was killed in action at Polygon Wood, Belgium. He is buried in the Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium.