Studio portrait of VX44445 Private (Pte) John Archibald O'Neill, 2/21 Battalion, of Rosanna, Vic. ...

Accession Number P09133.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Norton-Trevaire Studios
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of VX44445 Private (Pte) John Archibald O'Neill, 2/21 Battalion, of Rosanna, Vic. John O'Neill was a boot clicker prior to enlisting in July 1940. Following training in Victoria and New South Wales, the battalion moved to Darwin in March 1941 and were deployed to Ambon as part of Gull Force in December. Pte O'Neill was killed in action in Ambon on 15 January 1942. He was 19 years of age.