Accession Number | P10216.001 |
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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
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Portrait of QX12371 Private (Pte) Henry William Breakspear, 2/31 Battalion. A farmer from ...
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.