| Accession Number | P10278.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Egypt |
| Date made | c 1940-1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Photographic postcard showing portraits of NX21980 Corporal (Cpl) Victor Leslie Kelly, 2/6 Field ...
Description
Photographic postcard showing portraits of NX21980 Corporal (Cpl) Victor Leslie Kelly, 2/6 Field Company RAE, and his wife Mary Joyce, inserted into an Egyptian scene including the pyramids. Cpl Kelly later became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese and was one of hundreds of Australian and British prisoners of war selected to move from camps in Thailand to Japan aboard the Rakuyo Maru. He died on 13 September 1944 after the Rakuyo Maru was sunk by a US submarine on 12 September 1944.