| Accession Number | P08703.019 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1940-1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of VX57746 Lieutenant (Lt) Arthur Hugh Tibbitts, 2/29 Battalion. Tibbitts of ...
Description
Studio portrait of VX57746 Lieutenant (Lt) Arthur Hugh Tibbitts, 2/29 Battalion. Tibbitts of Melbourne, Vic, served in the Citizens Military Forces prior to enlistment on 28 August 1940. Lt Tibbitts was killed in action in Malaya on 22 January 1942, aged 25. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Singapore Memorial at the Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. This image is taken from "The Ivanarian", a magazine of the Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne, Vic. During the Second World War the school honoured "old boys" who had enlisted and died by including a short biographical piece and in many cases a portrait.