Portrait of 3543 Private (Pte) Thomas Clyde Grenness, 11th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion, with ...

Accession Number P05998.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of 3543 Private (Pte) Thomas Clyde Grenness, 11th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion, with his brother 2183 Pte George Francis Vernon Grenness, 4th Reinforcements, 21st Battalion, who survived the war. A letter carrier from Harrietville prior to enlistment, Thomas Grenness embarked from Adelaide on HMAT Nestor on 11 October 1915. He was killed in action in France on 26 July 1916. It is not known which man is which in this image.