Studio portrait of SX6624 Sergeant (Sgt) (later Acting Warrant Officer 2) Harold William Heath, ...

Accession Number P08123.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Paramount Photo
Solomon, J
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Jerusalem
Date made c 1941 - 1942
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 SX6624 Sergeant (Sgt) (later Acting Warrant Officer 2) Harold William Heath, 2/43 Battalion, of Wallaroo, SA. Formerly a labourer, Sgt Heath enlisted at Wayville, SA, on 24 June 1940 and served in the Middle East where he was wounded in action. He later served in New Guinea, where he was killed in action at Scarlet Beach on 18 October 1943 aged 24 years.