Studio portrait of NX53238 Signalman (Sig) John George Hunter, 8th Division Signals, of Sydney, ...

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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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.