Wallet 1 of 4 - Photograph album containing photos relating to Lieutenant John Desmond Peck's military service in Palestine, 1940

Place Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Jerusalem
Accession Number AWM2021.22.73
Collection number PR03098
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Wallet
Item count 1
Object type Album, Photograph
Physical description 63 Image/s captured
Maker Peck, John Desmond
Place made Australia, British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine
Date made 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine, Greece, Crete, Italy, Switzerland and England, 1939-c. 2000.

Series 7 contains 4 wallets.

Wallet 1 of 4 – Contains 1 folder, containing a photograph album containing photos of Lieutenant Peck's military service in Palestine, 1940. Subjects of the photographs include: Peck’s embarkation from Port Melbourne, Victoria on 11 January 1940, Jerusalem, desert patrol, First World War cemeteries, and the ANZAC Day march in Palestine, 1940.