Studio portrait of 4281 Private (Pte) Francis Richmond Rowland, 9th Battalion, of Bell, ...

Accession Number P08945.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Fegan, James W (Jack)
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
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 4281 Private (Pte) Francis Richmond Rowland, 9th Battalion, of Bell, Queensland (originally Surrey, England). A selector prior to enlistment he embarked with the 13th Reinforcements from Brisbane on board HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 3 January 1916. Rowland was mustered to the rank of Driver on 1 September 1917; he was killed in action in France on 22 March 1918, aged 20. Pte Rowland is buried at the La Clytte Military Cemetery, Reninghelst, Belgium.