Pre-war studio portrait of 1395 Private (Pte) Robert Reubenicht, 15th Battalion, of Birkinhead, ...

Accession Number P07078.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1912
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Pre-war studio portrait of 1395 Private (Pte) Robert Reubenicht, 15th Battalion, of Birkinhead, SA. A seaman before enlisting in November 1914, Pte Reubenicht left Australia for Egypt with H Company in December 1914. Having taken part in the landing on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, Pte Reubenicht was killed at Pope's Hill on 1 May 1915, aged 24.