| Accession Number | AWM2016.630.1 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
| Maker |
Moore, Mina |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | c 1913 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of Phillip Frederick Edward (Peter) Schuler
Description
Studio portrait of Phillip Frederick Edward (Peter) Schuler (1889-1917). A correspondent for the Melbourne Age, Schuler wrote evocatively about the Gallipoli campaign. A great friend of Charles Bean, Schuler enlisted following his time as a war correspondent and was commissioned as a Lieutenant. Wounded in action at the battle of Messines, he died of wounds on 23 June 1917.