Studio portrait of S5223 Ordinary Seaman (OD) George Albert Graham, HMAS Sydney, of Belmore, NSW. ...

Accession Number P09430.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1941
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 S5223 Ordinary Seaman (OD) George Albert Graham, HMAS Sydney, of Belmore, NSW. He was a pastry cook prior to enlisting in March 1941 and became a crew member of HMAS Sydney on 12 September 1941. OD Graham was one of 645 men who lost their lives following the engagement between HMAS Sydney and the German cruiser Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia on 20 November 1941. He was 20 years of age.