Studio portrait of 3289 Private (later Sergeant) David Dobson, 8th (later 59th) Battalion of ...

Accession Number P08426.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative chromogenic Kodak T400 CN
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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 3289 Private (later Sergeant) David Dobson, 8th (later 59th) Battalion of Caulfield, Victoria. A veteran of the South African War, he was a school teacher prior to enlisting and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor (A71) on11 October 1915. On 19 July 1916, aged 45, he was killed in action near Sailly, France. He is buried in the Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.