Informal portrait of John Gilbert (Jack) Hackland and his brother NX49347 Private Edward Cyril ...

Accession Number AWM2017.312.5.7
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of John Gilbert (Jack) Hackland and his brother NX49347 Private Edward Cyril Crosby Hackland. Private Hackland served with the 2/18 Battalion and died of illness in Borneo on 27 January 1945. He is commemorated on the Labaun Memorial, Labaun, Malaysia.