| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P07317.001 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Maker |
Talma Studios [Sydney] |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 882 Private (Pte) Robert Gladstone Fenwick, 26th Battalion, from Bulli, NSW. A ...
Description
Studio portrait of 882 Private (Pte) Robert Gladstone Fenwick, 26th Battalion, from Bulli, NSW. A 21 year old miner prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 18th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 23 December 1915. Later transferring to the 30th Battalion, Pte Fenwick was reported missing in action at Fromelles, France, on 21 July 1916. Following receipt of his identification disc from Germany in March 1917, AIF Headquarters officially reported Pte Fenwick killed in action on 20 July 1916. After the war his grave could not be located and he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France. In 2008 a burial ground was located at Pheasant Wood, France containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers including Pte Fenwick. All of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. At the time of the official dedication of the new cemetery on 19 July 2010, ninety-six of the Australians, including Pte Fenwick, had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Work is continuing on identifying the other remains relocated from the burial ground and buried in the new cemetery as unknown soldiers.