Studio portrait of 4287 Private (Pte) William O’Neill Tomlinson, 10th Battalion. A warehouseman ...

Accession Number P09291.344
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c December 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 4287 Private (Pte) William O’Neill Tomlinson, 10th Battalion. A warehouseman from Grange, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 13th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 11 January 1916 aboard HMAT Borda (A30) for Egypt. On 26 February 1916 he was transferred to the 50th Battalion which relocated to the Western Front, France, in June 1916. Pte Tomlinson was killed in action near Albert, France, on 16 August 1916. He was aged 24 years.