Accession Number | P08182.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Informal portrait of NX38912 Private (Pte) Raymond Anthony Mercer, 2/13 Battalion, of Balmain, ...
Description
Informal portrait of NX38912 Private (Pte) Raymond Anthony Mercer, 2/13 Battalion, of Balmain, NSW. Pte Mercer enlisted in the AMF in October 1940 and in the 2nd AIF on 16 July 1941. He was killed in action at El Alamein, Egypt on 25 October 1942. Pte Mercer was 29 years of age.