Studio portrait of 4572 Private (Pte) Walter Rees, 7th Battalion, of Numurkah, Vic. A miner prior ...

Accession Number P08938.001
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.