Accession Number | P08476.003 |
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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
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Informal street portrait of QX11294 Private Henry Arthur Guy, 2/26 Battalion. Pte Guy was among a ...
Description
Informal street portrait of QX11294 Private Henry Arthur Guy, 2/26 Battalion. Pte Guy was among a group of Australian and British prisoners of war (POW) being transported aboard the Rakuyo Maru when it was torpedoed and sunk by a US submarine, and died at sea in the South West Pacific Area on 12 September 1944.