Studio portrait of 622 Private (Pte) Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1st Australian Field Ambulance. ...

Accession Number P09114.035
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord
Date made 23 August 1917
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 622 Private (Pte) Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1st Australian Field Ambulance. Pte Reynolds, a joiner from Sebastopol, Vic prior to enlistment, embarked with the 1st Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Berrima on 22 December 1914. He was evacuated from Gallipoli with illness and after a period of recovery in England, he rejoined his unit in France where he was wounded in action. He returned to Australia on 23 October 1918 and was discharged on 20 March 1919. During the Second World War Reynolds served as a Private in 20 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps, with the service number V236378.