Studio portrait of 650 Corporal (Cpl) William George Pennington, 6th Battalion. An iron moulder ...

Accession Number H05786
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 650 Corporal (Cpl) William George Pennington, 6th Battalion. An iron moulder from Carlton, Vic prior to enlistment, Cpl Pennington embarked with the rank of Private with E Company from Melbourne on HMAT Hororata on 19 October 1914. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli and on 20 September 1917 was killed in action in Belgium and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.