Accession Number | P08569.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Colour - Print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Outdoor portrait of VX26903 Gunner (Gnr) Edward Daniel Horgan, 4 Anti Tank Regiment, of Finley, ...
Description
Outdoor portrait of VX26903 Gunner (Gnr) Edward Daniel Horgan, 4 Anti Tank Regiment, of Finley, NSW. A labourer prior to enlistment he embarked from Caulfield, Vic on 18 June 1940. Gnr Horgan was a prisoner of war (POW) working on the Burma Thailand railway, he died of illness on 5 July 1943, aged 25. Gnr Horgan is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.