NSW. Paybook photograph of NX6085 Signalman Colin James Green, 6th Division Signals, Australian ...

Accession Number P02466.028
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

NSW. Paybook photograph of NX6085 Signalman Colin James Green, 6th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. Signalman Green, aged 22, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 21 June 1942. He was the son of Percival John and Mary Agnes Green, of unknown, unknown. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 5, Row B, Plot 3. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)