Studio portrait of Trooper (Tpr) Leslie William Tynan, in the uniform of a pre-war light horse ...

Accession Number P10897.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Nineham, A E
Place made Australia: Queensland, Mount Morgan, Australia: Queensland, Mount Morgan
Date made c 1912
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 Trooper (Tpr) Leslie William Tynan, in the uniform of a pre-war light horse regiment. A miner from Mt Morgan, Queensland, Leslie Tynan later enlisted with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, in June 1916, as 3205 Private (Pte) Leslie William Tynan. Pte Tynan transferred to the 12th Field Artillery Brigade in January 1918. He was serving with the 112th Howitzer Battery near Dranoutre, Belgium, when he was killed in action on 21 March 1918.