| Accession Number | P08703.027 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1942-1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of VX102321 Private (Pte) John Kendall Goad, 14/32 Battalion. A bank clerk from ...
Description
Studio portrait of VX102321 Private (Pte) John Kendall Goad, 14/32 Battalion. A bank clerk from Maryborough, Vic, Goad enlisted on 27 June 1942. Pte Goad died of illness in New Guinea on 13 May 1944, aged 21. He is buried at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea. 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.