| Accession Number | P06207.019 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | British Mandate of Palestine: Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine: Tel Aviv |
| Date made | c 1941 - 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal group portrait of soldiers at a bar on Allenby Street, Tel Aviv. Known to be in this ...
Description
Informal group portrait of soldiers at a bar on Allenby Street, Tel Aviv. Known to be in this portrait are three members of 2/32 Infantry Battalion: WX19284 Private (Pte) Leonard Smith, WX18650 Pte Eric Stanley Southern, Australian Army Catering Corps, and WX9732 Corporal (Cpl) James William Read. Pte Southern and Cpl Read were both killed in action on 26 November 1943 in New Guinea. They are buried in the Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea.