Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) William Jenkin, 7th Battalion and his wife Enid ...

Accession Number P12111.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Muntz Studios
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Malvern
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 Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) William Jenkin, 7th Battalion and his wife Enid Alston Beresford Jenkin. A surveyor prior to enlisting in the Australian Infantry Force, 2nd Lt Jenkin embarked from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 on HMAT Suffolk. He was killed in action at Purbricks Sap, on the Bapaume road, Pozieres on 19 August 1916.

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