Studio portrait of 6134 Private William Ernest Reynolds, 17th Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number P08624.294
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Cumberland
Date made 1920
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 6134 Private William Ernest Reynolds, 17th Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A blacksmith prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 25 October 1916. He was wounded in action on 31 August 1918 at Mont St Quentin, France and died, that day, of his wounds at the 9th Field Ambulance, France, aged 27. He is buried in the Suzanne Military Cemetery No 3, France