Studio portrait of 811 Sergeant (Sgt) Harold Theodore William Dixon, 29th Battalion, of Ballarat ...

Accession Number H06717
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 811 Sergeant (Sgt) Harold Theodore William Dixon, 29th Battalion, of Ballarat East, Vic. A student prior to enlistment, Sgt Dixon embarked with C Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ascanius on 10th November 1915. On 23rd January 1916 he was accidently killed at Serapeum, Egypt, aged 21, and was buried in the Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery