Accession Number | P08900.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Informal portrait of N185867 Private (Pte) David Corbett, 36 Battalion, of Leichhardt, NSW. Pte ...
Description
Informal portrait of N185867 Private (Pte) David Corbett, 36 Battalion, of Leichhardt, NSW. Pte Corbett was a wood machinist prior to enlisting in May 1941. On 12 May 1943, he was killed in a motor traffic accident in Five Dock, NSW, while on leave from service in New Guinea. Pte Corbett was 32 years of age.