Accession Number | P06105.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1940 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35866 Private (Pte) Gordon Poole from Yenda, New South Wales. ...
Description
Hand coloured studio portrait of NX35866 Private (Pte) Gordon Poole from Yenda, New South Wales. Pte Poole enlisted in June 1940 and served in the Pacific with the 2/20 Battalion. He was captured by Japanese forces at Singapore in February 1942 and died whilst a prisoner of war (POW) on 1 October 1944.