Group portrait of John Joseph Tomlinson (second from right) and an unidentified group of veterans ...

Accession Number P00309.016
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker The Leicagraph Co. Pty Ltd
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 25 April 1941-1949
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Period 1940-1949
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of John Joseph Tomlinson (second from right) and an unidentified group of veterans of the First World War and Second World War on Anzac Day, standing with a banner that reads Mercantile Marine and two Australian flags. Formerly 746 Sergeant Tomlinson of the Anzac Provost Corps when he discharged, Tomlinson served for 16 years in the 1st Battalion, the King's Liverpool Regiment before serving with the Merchant Navy. In February 1915 he enlisted in the AIF and served with the 1st Light Horse Regiment and then the Anzac Provost Corps.