| Accession Number | P11549.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1946 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of NX34373 Private (Pte) Ronald Gilford (Ron) Frith, 2/18 Battalion, leaning ...
Description
Informal portrait of NX34373 Private (Pte) Ronald Gilford (Ron) Frith, 2/18 Battalion, leaning through the porthole of a troopship. Pte Frith enlisted on 17 June 1940 and served with 2/18 Battalion in Singapore then Malaya. The battalion withdew to Singapore early in 1942. When the Japanese invaded Singapore in February, Pte Frith was one of the many members of 2/18 Battalion who were taken prisoner of war (POW). He was liberated in 1945 and remained in the Army, serving with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan. Frith was promoted to Corporal and continued serving in the Army on his return to Australia. In the 1950s he was appointed to the Canungra jungle training camp in Queensland. In July 1957 he was one of three soldiers who died when an army truck in which they were travelling crashed near the camp.