Accession Number | P08713.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: Queensland |
Date made | 1940 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of QX5704 Trooper (Tpr) Francis Herbert Whitehouse, 2/7 Cavalry Regiment, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of QX5704 Trooper (Tpr) Francis Herbert Whitehouse, 2/7 Cavalry Regiment, of Laidley, Qld. A farmer prior to enlistment he embarked from Toowoomba on 27 May 1940. Tpr Whitehouse was killed in action in Papua New Guinea on 18 December 1942, aged 25. He is buried at Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery.