Accession Number | 003870 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | c October 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of the Australian Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Co-ordination, Mr John ...
Description
Studio portrait of the Australian Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Co-ordination, Mr John Curtin. John Curtin died in Canberra on 6 July 1945, after a few weeks' illness. He assumed office in October 1941 and it was acknowledged that the strain of wartime anxiety and administrations had hastened his death.