The grave of 1300 Private (Pte) Robert Fraser Ramsey, 20th Battalion with a British and a New ...

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Accession Number P00545.083
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Malta: Malta (island), Tal-Pieta, Pieta Military Cemetery
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

The grave of 1300 Private (Pte) Robert Fraser Ramsey, 20th Battalion with a British and a New Zealand serviceman. A native of Dublin, Ireland, Pte Ramsay was a labourer from Bacchus Marsh,Vic and embarked with D Company from Sydney on HMAT Berrima on 25 June 1915. Whilst serving at Gallipoli, he was wounded in action and was transferred to St Elmo Hospital, Malta where, on 7 December 1915, he died from complications of his wounds and was buried in the Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.