Description
Informal portrait of NX52541Lieutenant Robert Victor Deem, 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion. A bank clerk of Parkes, NSW, he enlisted in the Citizen's Military Force on its formation and later enlisted in the AIF in Paddington, NSW, on 3 July 1940, being commissioned on 17 December 1940. He completed a course at Randwick Small Arms School prior to embarking for the Middle East on 9 April 1941. He died of injuries he received in an accident in Palestine on 12 May 1942, aged 27. He is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery.
Details
Accession Number
P03251.034
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Credit Line
Donor L Weaver
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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