Studio portrait of 996 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) William Henry Searle, C Company, 37th Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P09680.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
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 996 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) William Henry Searle, C Company, 37th Battalion, of Rutherglen, Vic. A baker prior to enlistment, he embarked aboard HMAT Persic on 3 June 1916. L Cpl Searle served on the Western Front and was killed in action on the 12 October 1917. He was 23 years of age.