| Accession Number | P02466.097 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Paybook photograph of VX613 Gunner (Gnr) Walter Joseph Robert Sinclair, 2/2nd Field Regiment, ...
Description
Paybook photograph of VX613 Gunner (Gnr) Walter Joseph Robert Sinclair, 2/2nd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. The son of Walter Robert and Theresa Rose Sinclair, of Port Melbourne, Victoria, Walter Sinclair was working as a labourer prior to enlistment on 23rd of October 1939. He embarked from Melbourne on 14 April 1940 with the 2/2nd Field Regiment, arriving first at Kantara, then Greece in April 1941. Gnr Sinclair was captured while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 23 May 1941. At first reported missing, in November of 1941 Sinclair was reported a Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag VIIA POW camp near Moosburg Germany. By August 1943 he was interned at at Stalag VIIIB (later Stalag 344) near Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice) in Silesia. Gunner Sinclair was recorded Presumed Dead on 25 January 1945, the details of his fate unknown. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 10. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency).