Studio portrait of WX2408 Private (Pte) Robert Douglas Haig Weir, 2/11 Battalion, of Toodyay, WA. ...

Accession Number P07655.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Miltons Studio
Unknown
Place made India: Maharashta, Pune
Date made July 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of WX2408 Private (Pte) Robert Douglas Haig Weir, 2/11 Battalion, of Toodyay, WA. A teamster and farm worker in civilian life, Pte Weir enlisted on 26 April 1940. On 27 May 1941 he died of wounds at Retimo, Crete, aged 23.