Studio portrait of 851 Trooper (Tpr) William John White, 4th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse ...

Accession Number P11025.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1914
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 851 Trooper (Tpr) William John White, 4th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse Regiment. A shearer from Merino, Victoria, Tpr White enlisted on 29 October 1914, and embarked from Melbourne, aboard HMAT Wiltshire (A18). Tpr White was killed in action in Palestine on 19 April 1917, age 30.