Qld. Paybook photograph of QX9663 Private Peter Joseph Tyler, Headquarters 1st Australian Postal ...

Accession Number P02466.088
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Qld. Paybook photograph of QX9663 Private Peter Joseph Tyler, Headquarters 1st Australian Postal Unit, Australian Army Postal Service. Private Tyler, aged 29, died on 30 May 1941, during the evacuation of Crete, after defending the island against the German land and airborne invasion. He was the son of Samuel Aloysius and Emily Tyler, and the husband of Irene Veronica Tyler, of Milton, Qld. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 12. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)