Description
Studio portrait of 123 Corporal (Cpl) Gordon Burton, 8th Field Company Engineers, of St Kilda, Victoria, incorporating a hand-painted colour patch and medal ribbon. A carpenter prior to enlistment, Cpl Burton embarked with the 2nd Field Company Engineers from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orvieto (A3) on 21 October 1914. He returned to Australia on 5 April 1918. Cpl Burton was one of five brothers to enlist in the First World War, copies of these portraits are also held in the National Collection.
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Accession Number
P10146.004
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Photograph
Credit Line
Donor P Burton
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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