Studio portrait of 762 Private (Pte) Albert Norman (Bert) Rae, 10th Battalion. A driver of ...

Accession Number P05056.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: South Australia
Date made c1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 762 Private (Pte) Albert Norman (Bert) Rae, 10th Battalion. A driver of Kilkenny, SA, he enlisted on 29 August 1914 and sailed with B Company from Fremantle, WA, on 20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Ascanius. Pte Rae was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant before he was killed in action on 8 October 1917 in Belgium. He is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele.