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Studio portrait of 6593 Private (Pte) Robert Wilfroy Riggs, 12th Battalion from Burnie, Tasmania. A 27 year old printer prior to enlisting on 5 July 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 21st Reinforcements from Melbourne on 20 October 1916 aboard HMAT Port Lincoln. Pte Riggs was killed in action near Bullecourt, France on 8 May 1917 and is commemorated on the Australian Nation Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave.
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Colour: Black & white
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