Studio portrait of 954 Private Clair William Reed, 7th Battalion of Rosedale, Victoria. A school ...

Accession Number P05248.108
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made 1914
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 954 Private Clair William Reed, 7th Battalion of Rosedale, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata (A20) on 19 October 1914. On 25 April 1915, he was killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey, aged 25. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.