| Accession Number | P05555.012 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Marmond |
| Date made | 21st September 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of VX41288 Private (Pte) Ivan Robert Hutchins, 2/4th Field Ambulance, of Woorinen ...
Description
Studio portrait of VX41288 Private (Pte) Ivan Robert Hutchins, 2/4th Field Ambulance, of Woorinen North, Vic, one of seven brothers who enlisted and served overseas during the Second World War. Only three brothers, Pte Ivan Hutchins, VX37192 Bombardier Malcolm George "Mike" Hutchins, 2nd Anti Aircraft Regiment, and VX41229 Pte William Ernest (Bill) Hutchins, 2/22nd Battalion (later 2/23rd Battalion), survived the war and returned to Australia. They had served in the Middle East and New Guinea. Brothers VX61202 Pte David Arthur Hutchins, VX61203 Pte Fred Hutchins, VX61201 Pte Eric Everard Hutchins, and a cousin, VX50460 Pte Thomas Hutchins, all of 2/21st Battalion, died as prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies. VX41293 Pte Alan Leslie Hutchins, 2/22nd Battalion, died as a POW of the Japanese at Rabaul, New Britain. VX74662 Sapper Fredrick Wallace, 9th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, another cousin of the Hutchins brothers, was a member of the recovery team which visited Ambon in October 1945 to uncover mass graves and identify remains, including those of his cousins, at Laha airfield and Tantoei camp.