Studio portrait of 2459 Private Rupert Oswald Roberts, 59th Battalion

Accession Number P10764.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Eden Studios
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 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

Studio portrait of 2459 Private (Pte) Rupert Oswald Roberts, 59th Battalion. Pte Roberts, a labourer from Tooborac, Victoria enlisted in July 1916, aged 19. He died of wounds on 10th August 1918. His older brother, 2328 Gunner Thomas Roberts died of illness three months later. (see P10764.001)