| Accession Number | P03936.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Netherlands East Indies: Ambon, Pulau, Ambon |
| Date made | c 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal group portrait of members of the 2/21 Battalion taking a break beside their truck. ...
Description
Informal group portrait of members of the 2/21 Battalion taking a break beside their truck. Identified left to right: DX649 Miles Morland Allnutt (later Captain) of Darwin, NT (formerly Brighton, Vic); VX20324 Sergeant Percy Henry Frederick Elsum of Middle Brighton, Vic, (later Prisoner of War (POW)); Ken Gordon (probably VX39103 Private William Kennedy Gordon of South Yarra, Vic, killed in action 2 February 1942 at Ambon); VX46505 Lance Corporal Geoffrey Alexander (Geoff) Waring of St Kilda, Vic who died whilst a POW on 13 July 1945; VX28899 Private Bruce Pitcairn Hedderwick of Kew Vic, who died whilst a POW on 21 June 1945; VX37080 Lieutenant Harold Fredrick Drane of Traralgon, Vic.