Accession Number | P07834.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of NX175769 Private (Pte) Henry (Harry) Miller Paterson of Sydney, NSW. A dry ...
Description
Studio portrait of NX175769 Private (Pte) Henry (Harry) Miller Paterson of Sydney, NSW. A dry cleaner before enlisting in October 1943, Pte Paterson served in the Pacific campaign with the 2/12 Battalion and was killed in action at Balikpapan on 3 July 1945, aged 19. He is the younger brother of NX72991 Pte Abel Paterson, 8th Division Provost Corps, who was captured at Singapore in February 1942 and died a prisoner of war (POW) in July 1943 (see P07834.001).