Informal portrait of NX19158 Lieutenant Robert Charles Page, Medical Officer and member of the ...

Place Asia: Singapore, Singapore Harbour
Accession Number 045416
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass copy negative
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of NX19158 Lieutenant Robert Charles Page, Medical Officer and member of the operative party of Operation Jaywick. This operation was conducted from 1 September 1943 to 19 October 1943 and involved a clandestine attack by a group of six allied operatives against Japanese shipping at Singapore. Page was executed by the Japanese on 7 July 1945 while a member of “Z” Special Unit.