Vic. Paybook photograph of VX12419 Private Andrew Bannockburn Gillespie, 2/8th Battalion, ...

Accession Number P02466.129
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

Vic. Paybook photograph of VX12419 Private Andrew Bannockburn Gillespie, 2/8th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Gillespie, aged 26, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 21 May 1941. He was the son of James Peter and Minnie Gillespie. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 1, Row A, Plot 16. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)