Accession Number | P09794.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Toned studio portrait of 1257 Private (Pte) Robert Henry Smith, 33rd Battalion. A miner from ...
Description
Toned studio portrait of 1257 Private (Pte) Robert Henry Smith, 33rd Battalion. A miner from Tingha, NSW, Pte Smith embarked with the 33rd Battalion, D Company, on 4 May 1916 aboard HMAT Marathon (A74). Pte Smith was killed in action by a shell at Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, on 12 October 1917.