Portrait of VX148 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Arthur Samuel Key, commanding officer of the 2/14 ...

Accession Number P05533.028
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt
Date made February 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of VX148 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Arthur Samuel Key, commanding officer of the 2/14 Battalion. Lt Col Key had previously served with the 2/8 Battalion at Libya, Greece and Crete before transferring to the 2/14 Battalion in January 1942. Lt Col Key is believed to have been killed at Isurava on the Kokoda trail on 10 September 1942.