Portrait of VX148, Major (Maj) Arthur Samuel Key, second in command of the 2/8 Battalion. Maj, ...

Accession Number P05533.033
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt
Date made July 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

Portrait of VX148, Major (Maj) Arthur Samuel Key, second in command of the 2/8 Battalion. Maj, later Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Key, became the commanding officer of the 2/14 Battalion after serving with the 2/8 Battalion at Libya, Greece and Crete. He is believed to have been killed at Isurava on the Kokoda trail on 10 September 1942.