Postcard A RPPC of Robert George Askin #235008, 8th battalion Black devils.

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Royal Canadian Military Institute

Name/Title

Postcard "A RPPC of Robert George Askin #235008, 8th battalion "Black devils"."

Entry/Object ID

2023.20.91

Scope and Content

A Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) of Robert George Askin #235008, 8th battalion "Black devils". Subject is depicted from the waist up, wearing his military jacket, but not his cap. The inscription on the back identifies this man as "George Askin" when it was 1918. He was "wounded Aug. 9 1918" and when this photo was taken, he was "out of hospital on leave".