Studio portrait of VX40709 Private (Pte) Wilfred Tyson, 2/23 Infantry Battalion of St Kilda, Vic. ...

Accession Number P08021.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of VX40709 Private (Pte) Wilfred Tyson, 2/23 Infantry Battalion of St Kilda, Vic. Private Tyson, a labourer prior to enlistment, was killed in action at Tel el Eisa, El Alamein, Egypt on 22 July 1942. He was 30 years of age.