Studio portrait of QX42276 Sergeant (Sgt) Norman Edward Phillips, 2/3 Hospital Ship Centaur, of ...

Accession Number P07626.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Norton-Trevaire Studios
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made c 1940 - 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 QX42276 Sergeant (Sgt) Norman Edward Phillips, 2/3 Hospital Ship Centaur, of Ashgrove, Qld. Formerly a law student, Sgt Phillips enlisted on 14 December 1940. He was killed in action when the Centaur was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-177, on 14 May 1943. He was aged 25.