Accession Number | P08938.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Talma Studios [Melbourne] |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of 4572 Private (Pte) Walter Rees, 7th Battalion, of Numurkah, Vic. A miner prior ...
Description
Studio portrait of 4572 Private (Pte) Walter Rees, 7th Battalion, of Numurkah, Vic. A miner prior to enlistment he embarked from Melbourne with the 14th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 28 January 1916. He was taken on strength and transferred to the 57th Battalion on 1 April 1916. Pte Rees was killed in action on 14 October 1917; he has now known grave and is commemorated on the The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.