Outdoor portrait of NX26296 Sapper (Spr) John Alexander Connelly, 2/1 Boring Section, Royal ...

Accession Number P08508.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made c 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Outdoor portrait of NX26296 Sapper (Spr) John Alexander Connelly, 2/1 Boring Section, Royal Australian Engineers, of Woolwich, NSW. A boot repairer and qualified borer in civilian life, Spr Connelly enlisted on 18 June 1940. On 13 April 1942 he died of illnes at the 113th Australian General Hospital (AGH) at Concord West, NSW. He was aged 41.