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Accession Number | P07745.001 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1940 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of NX53238 Signalman (Sig) John George Hunter, 8th Division Signals, of Sydney, ...
Description
Studio portrait of NX53238 Signalman (Sig) John George Hunter, 8th Division Signals, of Sydney, NSW. A salesman in civilian life, Sig Hunter enlisted on 24 June 1940 at Paddington, NSW. In 1942 Sig Hunter became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese in Siam (Thailand). He was reported as an accidental death in Burma (Myanmar) on 15 June 1943, aged 37.