| Accession Number | 006125 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Parer, Damien Peter |
| Place made | North Africa: Libya, Cyrenaica, Barraca |
| Date made | 14 February 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of VX40 Lieutenant Colonel (L/Col) John Wesley Mitchell DSO and Bar, French ...
Description
Informal portrait of VX40 Lieutenant Colonel (L/Col) John Wesley Mitchell DSO and Bar, French Croix De Guerre, 2/8th Battalion. L/Col Mitchell received his awards for service with the 8th Battalion, serving with it from its raising in Melbourne in 1914 until the Armistice in 1918. By this time he had been the 8th's Commanding Officer for eighteen months and was discharged in April 1920. One of the first Victorians to enlist in the Second World War, he was appointed Commanding Officer to the re-formed 2/8th Battalion and led it during the campaigns in Egypt, Libya and Greece. Colonel Mitchell had the rare distinction of commanding a first World War AIF unit and its direct descendent in the 2nd AIF.