Studio portrait of Sapper (Spr) Reginald Harry Tannebring, 5th Divisional Signal Company ...

Accession Number P09657.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
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 Sapper (Spr) Reginald Harry Tannebring, 5th Divisional Signal Company Engineers, of Northfield, SA. A cabinetmaker prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 5th Reinforcements on board HMAT Commonwealth (A73) on 21 September 1916. Spr Tannebring was admitted into hospital on 21 April 1918 suffering from the effect of a gas shell and bronchitis; he died later that same day. Spr Tannebring was 20 years of age.