Studio portrait of 824 Private (Pte) Robert Morton, 5th Battalion from Malvern, Victoria. A 31 ...

Accession Number H05524
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 824 Private (Pte) Robert Morton, 5th Battalion from Malvern, Victoria. A 31 year old clerk prior to enlistment on 19 August 1914, he embarked for overseas with G Company from Melbourne on 21 October 1914 aboard HMAT Orvieto. After serving at Gallipoli, he went on to serve on the Western Front where he was killed in action at Glencorse Wood, Belgium on 20 Septmeber 1917. Pte Morton is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.