Accession Number | P07012.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
E Sampey Studios |
Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Perth |
Date made | c 1940 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of WX9598 Corporal (Cpl) William Blain, 9th Division Provost Company, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of WX9598 Corporal (Cpl) William Blain, 9th Division Provost Company, of Witchcliffe, WA. Cpl Blain was a farmworker and truck driver before enlisting in Perth, WA on 4 December 1940. He died of wounds in New Guinea on 4 September 1943, at the age of 32.