| Accession Number | AWM2020.86.2 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Perth |
| Date made | c 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait: WX8449 Ben Jones, WX8448 Gunner George Taylor and WX8445 Private Reginald Charles Carter
Description
Studio portrait inscribed: Ben Jones WX8449 , Reg WX8445; George Taylor WX8448 Pte J H Johnson? (back). 2/4 Machine Batt [Battalion]/ Singapore.
Believed to be WX9112 Corporal Benjamin Charles Jones (front left) who died whilst a prisoner of war on 5 November 1943; WX8445 Reginald Charles Carter (front centre) who died whilst a prisoner of war on 18 February 1945; WX8448 George Taylor, who was not a prisoner of war. The person behind is possibly identified as Private J H Johnson, but cannot be further identified.
Image may have been taken in Perth WA (rather than Singapore), but certainly printed there because of the emboss on the front right corner.