Place | Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area |
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Accession Number | P09878.001 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Perth |
Date made | c 1940 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of WX5129 Private (Pte) William Anthony Young, 2/28th Battalion. Born in ...
Description
Studio portrait of WX5129 Private (Pte) William Anthony Young, 2/28th Battalion. Born in Finchley, England on 9 June 1917, Pte Young enlisted at Perth, WA, on 23 July 1940. He married Joan Newman on 1 March 1941 prior to embarking for service in the Middle East where he was killed in action near El Alamein, Egypt on 18 July 1942. Pte Young was 25.