Portrait of 4671 Corporal William Lanning (Lanning or Lanny) Rowe, 14th Reinforcements, 1st ...

Accession Number P06253.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 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

Portrait of 4671 Corporal William Lanning (Lanning or Lanny) Rowe, 14th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion and two unidentified soldiers on the deck of a ship. A student of Picton, NSW, prior to enlistment, he embarked on RMS Osterley in January 1916. He was wounded in action in France on August 1916 and died of these wounds in England on 11 August 1916.