Studio portrait of 7442 Private (Pte) Walter Clarence Allan, 6th Battalion, in a greatcoat. A ...

Accession Number P10128.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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 7442 Private (Pte) Walter Clarence Allan, 6th Battalion, in a greatcoat. A tanner from Preston, Vic, prior to enlisting, Pte Allan embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 4 August 1917. He was killed in action in Hazebrouck, France, on 24 April 1918. He was 22 years of age.