| Accession Number | P06934.004 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1916 - 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of 2626 (later 2626A) Private (Pte) Reginald Baden Crowley, 56th Battalion ...
Description
Informal portrait of 2626 (later 2626A) Private (Pte) Reginald Baden Crowley, 56th Battalion (later 34th Battalion), of West Wyalong, NSW. He is wearing a sheepskin jerkin over his uniform and smoking a cigarette. Pte Crowley was the son of a local newspaper editor, 2917 Pte John Nichols Crowley. Reginald Crowley was a student before enlisting on 22 May 1916. He embarked from Sydney on HMAT Ceramic on 7 October 1916 with the 6th Reinforcements, 56th Battalion, and was transferred to the 34th Battalion, his father's battalion, on 13 April 1917. He was killed in action on 4 April 1918, being shot with a revolver at close range by a German officer while attacking at Hangard Wood, near Villers-Bretonneux. At the time of his death he was 18 years old, having over-stated his age on enlistment.