Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) George Shuttleworth Reinecke, 52nd Battalion from Kensington ...

Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) George Shuttleworth Reinecke, 52nd Battalion from Kensington Park, South Australia. A 29 year old clerk prior to enlisting on 17 May 1915, he embarked for overseas on 2 December 1915 as 3742 Private George Shuttleworth with the 12th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion from Adelaide aboard RMS Malwa. After arriving in Egypt, he joined the 52nd Battalion and went with them to the Western Front. He was promoted up through the ranks to Sergeant and then promoted to Second Lieutenant on 24 April 1916 and to Lt on 28 August 1916. Lt Reinecke was wounded in action at Mouquet Farm, France on 3 September 1916 and died of wounds that same day. There are reports that he died at the Pozieres Dressing Station and was buried near Pozieres Cemetery but after the war his grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave.