| Accession Number | P06954.007 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital file JPEG |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
| Date made | 1940 - 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of VX28581 Private (Pte) William John Irving Tatchell, 2/6 Battalion, of Dareton ...
Description
Studio portrait of VX28581 Private (Pte) William John Irving Tatchell, 2/6 Battalion, of Dareton NSW (left), with his daughter Joan Alwyn Tatchell, his son (name unknown), and his wife Lilian. A storeman before enlisting on 3 July 1940, Pte Tatchell embarked for Palestine with the 6th Reinforcements on 7 April 1941. After service in the Middle East, on 5 March 1942 he embarked at Suez for Australia. On 9 October 1942 he was evacuated to 112 Australian General Hospital in Brisbane with a chest wound, and he died of his injuries that day. A Court of Inquiry found that the wound had been sustained in a fight with American soldiers, and that there was no evidence of misconduct on his part.