Accession Number | P02466.089 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
SA. Paybook photograph of SX971 Gunner Ian George McNeilage, 2/3rd Field Regiment, Royal ...
Description
SA. Paybook photograph of SX971 Gunner Ian George McNeilage, 2/3rd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner McNeilage, aged 24, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 21 May 1941. He was the son of George Campbell McNeilage and Alice Muriel McNeilage, of Woodville Park, SA. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 1, Row E, Plot 13. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)