Studio portrait of S4695 Stoker II Arthur O'Neill, HMAS Rushcutter. While serving as a Stoker on ...

Accession Number P10270.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print hand-coloured black & white
Maker Rene Studios
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 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

Studio portrait of S4695 Stoker II Arthur O'Neill, HMAS Rushcutter. While serving as a Stoker on HMAS Yarra, O'Neill was killed in action on 4 March 1942 when the ship was sunk in the Indian Ocean by the Japanese fleet.