Studio portrait of 2005 Private (Pte) Reginald Henry Bede Rankin, 13th Battalion. The headmaster ...

Accession Number P08141.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made 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

Studio portrait of 2005 Private (Pte) Reginald Henry Bede Rankin, 13th Battalion. The headmaster of Jerilderie Public School prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 5th Reinforcements on HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 13 April 1915. Pte Rankin was killed in action on 20 July 1915, aged 28.