Informal portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt Col) Carew Reynell, 9th Australian Light Horse ...

Accession Number H19213
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

Informal portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt Col) Carew Reynell, 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, mounted on his horse. A vigneron from Reynella, SA prior to enlistment Lt Col Reynell embarked with the rank of Major from Melbourne on HMAT Karroo on 11 February 1915. Following his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel he was mentioned in Despatches. On 28 August 1915 he was killed in action, aged 32, and was buried in the Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli.