Description
Palestine. c. 1940. An informal portrait of two brothers, QX6542 Captain (Capt) Colin William Clerk Dossetor, of the 6th Division, Royal Australian Engineers, and VX15789 Sergeant (Sgt) Oliver R C Dossetor, 2/14th Battalion. Sgt Oliver Dossetor, the younger brother, was killed in action on 24 June 1941 while serving in Syria fighting the French Army near Jezzine. Capt Dossetor, after returning from the Middle East, served with the 1st Australian Paratroop Battalion and was accidentally killed on 23rd August 1943 when making an experimental parachute jump and landed in the Cataract Dam in NSW and drowned. (Donor M. Dossetor)
Details
Accession Number
P02878.001
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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