HERAKLION, GREECE. 1945-05-28. SEVEN OR EIGHT AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS LIE BURIED IN THIS OLIVE GROVE ...

Place Europe: Greece, Crete, Heraklion
Accession Number 130919
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Krauth, Victor John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

HERAKLION, GREECE. 1945-05-28. SEVEN OR EIGHT AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS LIE BURIED IN THIS OLIVE GROVE OUTSIDE THE TOWN IN 2/4TH BATTALION POSITIONS. ACCORDING TO LOCAL INFORMATION THESE SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AFTER BEING TAKEN PRISONER BY THE GERMANS.