Studio portrait of 17441Provisional Sergeant Richard Herbert Robinson, Australian Army Medical ...

Accession Number P09963.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made 1916-1917
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 17441Provisional Sergeant Richard Herbert Robinson, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). A blacksmith's assistant from Bayswater, WA, Pte Robinson had served with the AAMC for 5 years prior to enlistment in the AIF on 2 February 1916.With the rank of Private, Robinson embarked with General Reinforcements from Fremantle aboard HMAT Borda (A30) on 29 June 1917. Whilst serving with the 10th Field Ambulance in France, Pte Robinson died of wounds on 1 April 1918, aged 41.