Studio portrait of 1796 Private Edgar Gordon McLean, 27th Battalion of Renmark, SA. A steam boat ...

Accession Number P07262.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half-plate negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c May 1915
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 1796 Private Edgar Gordon McLean, 27th Battalion of Renmark, SA. A steam boat officer prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements on HMAT Kanowna (A61) on 23 June 1915. He died at Malta on 5 December 1915, of wounds received on the Gallipoli Peninsula.