P08680.003 Accession Number: P08680.003

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Grave portrait of 9534 Sapper (Spr) Robert Power, 11th Field Company Australian Engineers, of Ballarat, Vic. A prospector prior to enlistment he embarked with No.4 Section from Outer Harbor, SA on board HMAT Suevic (A29) on 31 May 1916. On the morning of the 6 June 1917, at "Stuff Camp" Pont Nieppe, Spr Power was instantly killed by a shell which landed in the camp, he was 42 years of age. Spr Power is buried at the Nieppe Communal Cemetery, France.

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Accession Number
P08680.003
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Digital print
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor T Egan
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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