Toned studio portrait of 1257 Private (Pte) Robert Henry Smith, 33rd Battalion. A miner from ...

Accession Number P09794.001
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.