The news of the death of the Right Honourable John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia, displayed ...

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Accession Number 110946
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Place made Borneo: Balikpapan
Date made 5 July 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The news of the death of the Right Honourable John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia, displayed on the sign board at the Salvation Army stall on Vasey Highway. Members of the 7th Division made the Oboe 2 Operation landing only five days earlier.