Portrait of NX30117 Private William George Fishburn, 8th Division Provost Company. Pte Fishburn ...

Accession Number P12150.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c June 1941 - May 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of NX30117 Private William George Fishburn, 8th Division Provost Company. Pte Fishburn enlisted in the Australian Army on 9 June 1941. In January 1942 he was promoted to the rank of corporal and taken prisoner of war in February in Malaya. Moved to Changi he was imprisoned and then sent to work on the Burma Thai railway as a member of F Force. He died of cholera on 31 May 1943, whilst a prisoner of war.