Accession Number | P07266.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Colour - Print hand-coloured black & white |
Maker |
Riley, Sidney |
Date made | 1940 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of S/3834 Able Seaman (AB) John Barron Walker of Bondi, NSW. AB Walker enlisted ...
Description
Studio portrait of S/3834 Able Seaman (AB) John Barron Walker of Bondi, NSW. AB Walker enlisted on 4 January 1940, and served on the SS Slamat . He died, aged 33, on 27 April 1941 when the Slamat was sunk during a German air attack in the Aegean Sea during the evacuation of Crete.