Accession Number | P06207.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Photo Allenby |
Place made | British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine |
Date made | c 1941 |
Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Portrait of QX5139 (later 11189) Corporal (Cpl), John Thomas Sheppard of Deagon, Qld. Cpl ...
Description
Portrait of QX5139 (later 11189) Corporal (Cpl), John Thomas Sheppard of Deagon, Qld. Cpl Sheppard served with the 2/15 Battalion during the Second World War, and was awarded the Military Medal in February 1943. He later served with 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) in Korea, and was killed in action at Chuam-ni on the 15 February 1951.