Accession Number | P08499.003 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Norton-Trevaire Studios Ruskin Studio Unknown |
Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Australia: Western Australia, Perth |
Date made | c 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of WX11955 Private (Pte) Patrick Daly Winter, 2/11 Battalion of South Belmont, ...
Description
Studio portrait of WX11955 Private (Pte) Patrick Daly Winter, 2/11 Battalion of South Belmont, WA; who was born in Ceylon. Pte Winter enlisted in April 1941 and trained in Northern Queensland for eventual deployment in New Guinea. The 2/11 landed at Aitape, New Guinea, on 13 November 1944. Pte Winter was killed in action near Wewak, New Guinea on 15 May 1945. He was 24 years of age. Pte Winter's elder brother WX32775 Corporal Richard Sextus Daly Winter was killed in action at Tarakan, Borneo, on 3 May 1945.