Studio portrait of PA2174 Leading Seaman John Gavin Jaffray who was an 18 year old from Brighton, ...

Accession Number P07159.204
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
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

Studio portrait of PA2174 Leading Seaman John Gavin Jaffray who was an 18 year old from Brighton, South Australia when he joined the Royal Australian Navy on 2 May 1941. He was demobilised on 29 April 1946 as a Leading Supply Assistant. One of 86 photographs displayed on an honour board showing members of the Adelaide Rowing Club who enlisted for active service in the Second World War. The original is held by the Adelaide Rowing Club who kindly loaned the board to the Australian War Memorial for copying.