Accession Number | P02466.117 |
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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 |
Vic. Paybook photograph of VX5877 Private Harold Herbert Warton, 2/7th Battalion, Australian ...
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph of VX5877 Private Harold Herbert Warton, 2/7th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Warton, aged 26, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 27 May 1941. He was the son of James Herbert and Ethel May Warton, of Wodonga, Vic. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 11. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)