Portrait of QX12371 Private (Pte) Henry William Breakspear, 2/31 Battalion. A farmer from ...

Accession Number P10216.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
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

Portrait of QX12371 Private (Pte) Henry William Breakspear, 2/31 Battalion. A farmer from Gracemere, Qld, Pte Breakspear enlisted on 18 July 1940. During the battalion's offensive in the Middle East, Pte Breakspear was killed in action in Syria on 8 July 1941. He was aged 31.