Accession Number | P07529.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Colour - Print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of NX68071 Driver (Dvr) Herbert Arthur Close, 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, ...
Description
Studio portrait of NX68071 Driver (Dvr) Herbert Arthur Close, 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, AASC, of Campsie, NSW. Dvr Close was a carpenter and joiner before enlisting in Paddington, NSW, on 30 January 1941. He died of illness on 7 February 1944 on the Burma-Thailand railway, while prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese.