Studio portrait of 1374 Private (Pte) Robert Watson Stokes, 32nd Battalion of Greenough, Western ...

Accession Number P07942.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Unknown
Unknown
Date made 1915
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 1374 Private (Pte) Robert Watson Stokes, 32nd Battalion of Greenough, Western Australia. A farmer prior to enlistment on 19 July 1915, Pte Stokes embarked aboard HMAT Geelong (A2) from Adelaide on 18 November 1915. He was promoted to Corporal (Cpl) on 4 December of that year. Cpl Stokes was killed in action on 1 December 1917, aged 20, and is buried at Messines Ridge British Cemetery.