Accession Number | P12150.001 |
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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
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Portrait of NX30117 Private William George Fishburn, 8th Division Provost Company. Pte Fishburn ...
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.