Accession Number | P10644.001 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio wedding portrait of 5689 Private (Pte) William Herbert Rennick, 21st Battalion, and his ...
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.