Studio portrait of Major (Maj) Robert Garrick Wilson, Australian Imperial Force Canteens. A Major ...

Accession Number P11124.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1914
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 Major (Maj) Robert Garrick Wilson, Australian Imperial Force Canteens. A Major in the military prior to enlisting on 16 December 1915, Maj Wilson was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) at the time of enlistment. Lt Col Wilson died of illness in Egypt on 9 February 1916. He was 52 years old.