Portrait of NX35771 Private (Pte) Hubert William "Jim" Byron, 2/19 Battalion. Enlisting from ...

Accession Number P08476.010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 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

Portrait of NX35771 Private (Pte) Hubert William "Jim" Byron, 2/19 Battalion. Enlisting from Beckom near Ardlethan NSW, Pte Byron died of wounds in Malaya on 22 January 1942. A postal assistant and all round sportsman, he was 23 at the time of his death.