Collection related to the service of NX65289 Robert John Bevir

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Accession Number P02126.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Torres Strait, Thursday Island
Date made c August 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Thursday Island. c.1940-08. NX65289 Corporal Robert John Bevir in the orderly room aboard the 2/1st Australian hospital ship Manunda. Bevir was killed on 19 February 1942 while aboard the Manunda when the ship was bombed in Darwin harbour during the first Japanese air raid on Darwin. (Original nitrate negative held in AWM Archive Store)