P08624.299 Accession Number: P08624.299

Description

Studio portrait of 415 Corporal (later Sergeant) Robert Smart, 26th Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A laborour prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 24 May 1915. At Flers, France on 14 November 1916, he was killed in action, aged 29, while attacking the Maze trenches. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

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Accession Number
P08624.299
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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