Informal pre-enlistment portrait of NX50943 Acting Lance Corporal (A/L Cpl) Allen Charles ...

Accession Number P09122.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1939
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal pre-enlistment portrait of NX50943 Acting Lance Corporal (A/L Cpl) Allen Charles Christian, 2/20 Battalion, of Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island. A/L Cpl Christian served with the Citizen Military Forces (service number N270182) prior to enlisting in the 2nd AIF in November 1941. His unit served in Malaya during the Japanese invasion of Singapore and he was presumed dead on 15 February 1942. A/ L Cpl Christian was 23 years of age.