P08624.008 Accession Number: P08624.008

Description

Studio portrait of 658 Private Victor Thomas Barr, 1st (later 3rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps) Machine Gun Company of Charters Towers, Qld. A draper prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Shropshire (A9) on 11 May 1917. Pte Barr died aged 19, on 24th August 1918 in the 10th General Hospital, Rouen, France, of wounds received in action on 22nd August 1918 during the Somme offensive. He is buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.

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Accession Number
P08624.008
Maker
Cumberland
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Date Made
1920
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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