Studio wedding portrait of 5689 Private (Pte) William Herbert Rennick, 21st Battalion, and his ...

Accession Number P10644.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made 5 April 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 wedding portrait of 5689 Private (Pte) William Herbert Rennick, 21st Battalion, and his wife Margaret Louisa Rennick (nee Inglis). A storekeeper from Tallygaroopna, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Rennick embarked with the 15th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Shropshire on 25 September 1916. Whilst serving in France, he was wounded in action at Bullecourt and, on 3 May 1917, aged 25, died as a result of his wounds and was buried in the Grevillers British Cemetery, France.