Accession Number | P05421.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | c 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 1527 Private (Pte) Rubin Cheverley Congdon, 5th Battalion, of Yarraville, Vic. ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1527 Private (Pte) Rubin Cheverley Congdon, 5th Battalion, of Yarraville, Vic. Pte Congdon enlisted on 7 December 1914 and embarked from Melbourne, Vic, aboard HMAT Runic on 19 February 1915. He was killed in action on 4 October 1917 in Broodseinde, Belgium. His brother, 556 Lance Corporal Keen Charles Congdon, 37th Battalion, was killed in action a few days later, on 12 October 1917 in Belgium.