Studio portrait of 2834 Spr Sydney Charles Tomkins, 7th Field Company Australian Engineers, of ...

Accession Number P05301.264
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
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 2834 Spr Sydney Charles Tomkins, 7th Field Company Australian Engineers, of Canterbury, NSW, son of George and Florence E. Tomkins. A builder prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 22 December 1915. He was killed in action at Flers, France, on 14 November 1916, aged 26. He is buried in the Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.