| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P06899.002 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Portrait of VX22751 Corporal (Cpl) Arthur Vernon Gottschutzke, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, of Sea ...
Description
Portrait of VX22751 Corporal (Cpl) Arthur Vernon Gottschutzke, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, of Sea Lake, Victoria. When the Japanese invaded Java in February 1942, Cpl Gottschutzke was among 865 officers and men of the 2/2nd that survived the fighting and were taken Prisoner of War (POW). On 21 July 1943, Cpl Gottschutzke died of illness, aged 27, while working on the Thai-Burma railway.