Accession Number | P08642.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c August 1940 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Outdoor portrait of brothers VX25030 Private (Pte) Wilfred John Williams (left) and VX38278 Pte ...
Description
Outdoor portrait of brothers VX25030 Private (Pte) Wilfred John Williams (left) and VX38278 Pte Ormond Leslie Williams, both of the 21st Battalion. Pte Wilfred Williams died of illness on Ambon on 24 April 1944 as prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese and Pte Ormond Williams also died of illness at Ambon on 16 June 1945. The man in the centre is unidentified.