Studio family portrait of 148 Sergeant (Sgt) Thomas Sullivan, 16th Battalion, with his wife ...

Accession Number P07060.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Western Australia
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 family portrait of 148 Sergeant (Sgt) Thomas Sullivan, 16th Battalion, with his wife Elizabeth, son Tom and six month old daughter Kath. A labourer of Maylands, WA, (originally of Chiswick, London), Sgt Sullivan enlisted on 8 September 1914 and as a member of C Company, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 22 December 1914. He served at Gallipoli where he was killed in action on 2 May 1915.