Portrait from a newspaper of Lieutenant (Lt) John Grey Brodie, 31st Battalion. Lt Brodie was ...

Accession Number P12628.001.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Document
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Portrait from a newspaper of Lieutenant (Lt) John Grey Brodie, 31st Battalion. Lt Brodie was killed in action at Polygon Wood, Belgium, on 26 September 1917. Photograph is inscribed on reverse in blue ink "Lieut Brodie. Killed Battle Polygon Wood Sep 26th 1917: you met him in camp Enoggera was near him when he was killed."

Photograph appears in an album compiled by 360 Sergeant Francis (Frank) Theodore Wilkinson, who served with the 31st Battalion during the First World War and in the Second World War.