Studio portrait of NX59611 Lieutenant (Lt) Herbert Arthur Warne. Lt Warne served in the 2/33 ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Templeton's Crossing
Accession Number P05703.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Riley, Oscar J
Date made c 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of NX59611 Lieutenant (Lt) Herbert Arthur Warne. Lt Warne served in the 2/33 Battalion and was killed in action on 14 October 1942 on the Kokoda Trail as his battalion attacked the Japanese forces at Templeton's Crossing. Lt Warne is burried in the Kokoda Cemetery. This portrait has been cropped from Lt Warne's wedding portrait (P05703.001).