Studio portrait of 2013 Private (Pte) Reginald Trezise, 57th Battalion, of Williamstown, Vic. A ...

Accession Number P06491.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Green Brothers
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Williamstown
Date made c 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 2013 Private (Pte) Reginald Trezise, 57th Battalion, of Williamstown, Vic. A railway employee prior to enlisting in March 1916, Pte Trezise embarked from Melbourne with the 3rd Reinforcements aboard HMAT Ajana (A31) on 8 July 1916. Pte Trezise was serving with the 59th Battalion when he was killed in action at Zonnebeke, Belgium, on 15 October 1917. He was 19 years of age. Pte Trezise's brother 298 Pte Leslie Trezise, 24th Battalion, was killed in action, near Flers, France, on 14 March 1917, aged 20.