Pallbearers carry John Curtin's coffin to his grave at Karakatta Cemetery in Perth. Official ...

Accession Number P02018.421
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker West Australian Newspapers Ltd
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Karrakatta
Date made 8 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

Pallbearers carry John Curtin's coffin to his grave at Karakatta Cemetery in Perth. Official pallbearers flank two Warrant Officers from each service. The coffin is draped with an Australian flag. Identified, left to right: Robert Menzies, Leader of the Opposition; Paddy Ryan, President of the Fremantle Branch of the Australian Labor Party; Vic Johnson, Labor Member of the House of Representatives for Kalgoorlie; two unidentified warrant officers from the Army and Navy; Frank Forde, Prime Minister of Australia; A J Reid, Under Treasurer of Western Australia; and an unidentified mourner. Following the coffin, and partly obscured, are Curtin's daughter, Elsie, and son, John.

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