Studio portrait of NX16688 Private (Pte) Leslie Edward Bell, 2/13 Battalion, of Queanbeyan, NSW. ...

Accession Number P11792.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker London Studio
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Jerusalem
Date made c 1941
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 NX16688 Private (Pte) Leslie Edward Bell, 2/13 Battalion, of Queanbeyan, NSW. Pte Bell enlisted for service on 23 May 1940 and served in the Middle East prior to his arrival in New Guinea on 30 July 1943. Pte Bell was killed in action near Finschhafen on 26 September 1943, aged 24 years.