| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Chatswood |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P10921.001 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Falk Studio |
| Date made | c 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) William King McLean, 1st Pioneer Battalion. Lt Mclean, a ...
Description
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) William King McLean, 1st Pioneer Battalion. Lt Mclean, a civil engineer from Chatswood NSW, enlisted on 1 November 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Borda on 17 October 1917. He returned to Australia on 1 February 1917. Lt Mclean conducted a long correspondence with his brother, 14238 Private Hector Morgan Mclean, 9th Field Ambulance, throughout the war and these letters are held in the Australian War Memorial's Research Centre as PR89/012-1 and PR87/082.