Studio portrait of 1989 Private Samuel Thomas Dolan, 31st Battalion, of Leichhardt, NSW. Son of ...

Accession Number P05301.228
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1915-1916
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 portrait of 1989 Private Samuel Thomas Dolan, 31st Battalion, of Leichhardt, NSW. Son of the late Samuel T and Mrs Kate Dolan. An upholsterer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 18 February 1916. He died at No 8 Casualty Clearing Station, France on 22 July 1916 from wounds received in action, aged 22. He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France.