Portrait of WX13398 Private (Pte) Clarence Cooper Lawrence, 2/43rd Battalion, of Perth, WA. A ...

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Accession Number P07308.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of WX13398 Private (Pte) Clarence Cooper Lawrence, 2/43rd Battalion, of Perth, WA. A farmer in civilian life, he enlisted on 21 May 1941. Shortly after reaching the Alamein front, Pte Cooper died of wounds received in action on 28 July 1942, aged 21. He is buried at El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt.