Accession Number | P08911.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Pre enlistment studio portrait of QX23831 Private (Pte) Horace Henry (Bub) Lowe, 2/12 Field ...
Description
Pre enlistment studio portrait of QX23831 Private (Pte) Horace Henry (Bub) Lowe, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps , of Toowoomba, Qld. He enlisted from Brisbane on 22 September 1914. Pte Lowe was one of the 268 people who lost their lives when the hospital ship Centaur sank after it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the Queensland coast on 14 May 1943. His name is commemorated on the Sydney Memorial.