Accession Number | P11381.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1965 |
Conflict |
Period 1950-1959 Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work |
Portrait of Grace Elizabeth Simpson wearing an Australian Red Cross Society Meritorious Service ...
Description
Portrait of Grace Elizabeth Simpson wearing an Australian Red Cross Society Meritorious Service Medal, 25 Year Long Service Medal and membership badge. During the First World War, Grace Simpson's husband Lieutenant Colonel James William Albert Simpson, was killed in action in France on 21 January 1917. Their son, VX130390 Sergeant Halliday James "Did" Simpson served in the Second World War. Items related to the Simpson family are held at the Australian War Memorial.