Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant John Lindon Rule, 31st Battalion of Chatswood, NSW. A cashier ...

Accession Number P08776.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c January 1916
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 2nd Lieutenant John Lindon Rule, 31st Battalion of Chatswood, NSW. A cashier prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements on HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 18 February 1916. He died the same day of wounds received while in the line at Flers, France, on 2 November 1916; he was aged 23.