| Accession Number | AWM2016.587.23 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Colour - Print hand-coloured black & white |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1 April 1916 - 1 August 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 6416 Second Lieutenant Phillip John Rupert (Rupert) Steele, 4th Field ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6416 Second Lieutenant Phillip John Rupert (Rupert) Steele, 4th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB) of Kew, Victoria. The son of Philip John Bickett Steele and Johanna Albertina nee Ekman, Lt Steele died aged 27 on 8 January 1917 of wounds sustained in France on 15 November the previous year. He is buried in St Sever Cemetery Rouen. His elder brother, Captain Frederick Wilberforce Alexander (Fred) Steele, 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers was killed at the First Ypres Battle on 29 October, 1914 and has no known grave. Another brother, 2nd Lt Norman Leslie Steele, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), died while a prisoner of war in Hareira, Palestine on 20 April, 1917 of wounds sustained after his machine crashed behind Turkish lines. A third brother, Sgt Henry Cyril Augustus (Cyril) Steele, 4th FAB, had been discharged for urgent family reasons after the death of his brothers Fred and Phillip (Rupert) and was on his way home from England at the time Norman was killed.