Studio portrait of WX22774 Private (Pte) Keith Charles Christmass DCM, 2/24 Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P06954.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file JPEG
Maker Unknown
Date made 1944 - 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of WX22774 Private (Pte) Keith Charles Christmass DCM, 2/24 Battalion, of Northam, WA. Pte Christmass enlisted at Claremont, WA on 15 February 1944. He died of wounds in Borneo on 31 May 1945. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his 'conspicuous bravery and devotion' south of Droop in May 1945.