Studio portrait of 6068 Private Arthur William Rennie, 7th (later 37th) Battalion of Baddaginnie, ...

Accession Number P05248.109
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.