Accession Number | P01651.006 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Informal portrait of Aboriginal serviceman, VX61245 Private (Pte) Claude Henry McDonald, of ...
Description
Informal portrait of Aboriginal serviceman, VX61245 Private (Pte) Claude Henry McDonald, of Richmond, Vic, walking down a Melbourne street. Pte McDonald enlisted on 7 August 1941 in Newtown, Vic, and served with the 10th Australian Despatch Radar Section in New Guinea, Torakina and Bougainville. He was discharged on 9 January 1946.