Studio portrait of 2578 Private Thomas Joseph Dixon, (alias Thomas Joseph Brennan), 56th ...

Accession Number P05301.134
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
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 2578 Private Thomas Joseph Dixon, (alias Thomas Joseph Brennan), 56th Battalion, of Sydney, NSW. Son of Michael and Mary Brennan. An ironworker prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney with the 20th Battalion aboard HMAT Euripides (A14) on 2 November 1915. He was killed in action on 26 July 1916 in France, aged 21. He is buried in Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France.