Studio portrait of 1336 Vivian Roland Rule, Australian Army Medical Corps Contingent. Following ...

Accession Number P09366.011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1900
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 1336 Vivian Roland Rule, Australian Army Medical Corps Contingent. Following service in the Boer War, Rule returned to South Australia, married and had two children, served with the Citizens' Military Forces (CMF) and was employed as a bricklayer in Prospect. On 10 July 1916, he re-enlisted as 479 Private (Pte) Rule and embarked with the 5th Reinforcements of the 48th Battalion from Adelaide on 28 August 1916 aboard HMAT Anchises (A68). He was taken on strength in France in February 1917 and discharged on 18 October 1917. See also P09366.012.