Accession Number | P04042.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Maker |
Villaume |
Place made | Australia: Queensland, Toowoomba |
Date made | c 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of QX7387 Sergeant (Sgt) George Walter Weier, right, and his older brother ...
Description
Studio portrait of QX7387 Sergeant (Sgt) George Walter Weier, right, and his older brother QX19283 Private (Pte) Edward Otto Weier. Both of Gatton, Qld, the brothers served with the 2/31 Battalion. Sgt G W Weier enlisted on 1 May 1940, and, after four years of active service, was killed in action three days after his battalion landed at the beach in Balikpapan, Borneo on 3 July 1945.