Studio portrait of 5156 Private (Pte) William Henry Charles Munro, 2nd Battalion, of Longueville, ...

Accession Number P07156.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 1916 - 1918
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 5156 Private (Pte) William Henry Charles Munro, 2nd Battalion, of Longueville, NSW. A tanner before enlisting on 18 January 1916, Pte Munro embarked from Sydney on the SS Makarini on 1 April 1916 with the 16th Reinforcements. He died of wounds at the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, France, on 28 May 1918, at the age of 26.