Accession Number | P07500.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of SX10105 Private (Pte) Robert Charles Hillman of Yumali, SA. A farmer before ...
Description
Studio portrait of SX10105 Private (Pte) Robert Charles Hillman of Yumali, SA. A farmer before enlisting in August 1940, Pte Hillman served in the Pacific campaign with the 2/27 Battalion. He was killed in action during the withdrawal from Mission Ridge along the Kokoda Trail on 8 September 1942, aged 31.