Personal Profile Collection
Robert Alexander Muir - Section 1
This section contains one studio portrait photo of Robert Muir taken in England in 1916.
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Pte. Robert Alexander Muir
219th Overseas Highland Battalion
England
Late 1916
Pte. Muir poses for a portrait photo in front of a backdrop at a photographer’s studio in England. The photo would have been taken just before he was transferred to the 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders). He wears a balmoral with full length 219th Battalion coloured feathers. A 219th Battalion cap badge, collar badges and a numbered shoulder title are visible. The rest of his uniform is standard non-highland Canadian Army issue for the time. It includes a seven button tunic and leather waist belt. He appears to be holding a swagger stick in his right hand.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 18-2 (8-1.4)
Image Information: Scan of of original photo postcard
Source: Hugh Muir Collection 2024