Outdoor portrait of NX71335 Gunner Keith Harry Vincent St Clair, 3 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal ...

Accession Number P09551.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Outdoor portrait of NX71335 Gunner Keith Harry Vincent St Clair, 3 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery from Randwick, NSW with another soldier, possibly NX19969 Lance Bombardier Gordon Sydney Chambers also of 3 Anti Tank Regiment from Kingsford, NSW. Gunner St Clair was 24 years old when he enlisted on 31 March 1941. He was killed in action on 14 July 1942 in the First Battle of El Alamein, Egypt. Lance Bombardier Chambers was 21 years old when he enlisted on 3 June 1940. He was killed in action on 1 November 1942 in the Second Battle of El Alamein. Both are buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt.