Collection relating to Thomas Charles Kelso

Accession Number P03608.036
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Hindenburg Outpost Line Area, Tincourt
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The original grave and marker of 2361 Private Pte Roy Munro, of Victoria, a driver with 3rd Australian Pioneers, Pte Munro enlisted at Collingwood, Vic, on 29 May 1916 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Karroo on 18 September 1916. He was killed in action on 6 September 1918. Note the steel helmet with bullet hole, a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle, two bayonet scabbards and other webbing items at the base of the grave.

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