Accession Number | P10374.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1940-1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of QX5376 Corporal (Cpl) Richard Percival Soutter. A farm hand from Herberton, ...
Description
Studio portrait of QX5376 Corporal (Cpl) Richard Percival Soutter. A farm hand from Herberton, Qld, he embarked with 2/7 Field Company Engineers from Sydney on 14 November 1940. Cpl Soutter died of injuries sustained in an accidental mine explosion in Egypt on 12 November 1942, aged 25. He is buried in El Alamein Cemetery, Egypt.