Informal portrait of WX9830 Private (Pte) Bejamin David Parry of Cannington, WA . Pte Parry ...

Accession Number P07294.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of WX9830 Private (Pte) Bejamin David Parry of Cannington, WA . Pte Parry enlisted on 6 December 1940 and served with 2/48 Battalion: Australia's most decorated unit of the Second World War. The 2/48th fought at Tobruk and El Alamein. Pte Parry, aged 35, was killed in action around Tel el Eisa during the intense fighting of 22 July 1942.