Studio portrait of 2468 Private (Pte) Claude Frederick Wayland, 7th Battalion, of Highett, ...

Accession Number P09738.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Date made 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 2468 Private (Pte) Claude Frederick Wayland, 7th Battalion, of Highett, Victoria. A carter prior to enlistment, he embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, with the 7th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 16 July 1915. Pte Wayland was killed in action in Gallipolli on 14 December 1915. He was 22 years of age.