Accession Number | P05248.109 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
Place made | Australia: Victoria |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 6068 Private Arthur William Rennie, 7th (later 37th) Battalion of Baddaginnie, ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6068 Private Arthur William Rennie, 7th (later 37th) Battalion of Baddaginnie, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 28 July 1916. On 8 June 1917, he was killed in action near Messines Ridge, Belgium, aged 20. He is buried in Bethleem Farm West Cemetery, Belgium.