Vic. Paybook photograph of VX18306 Gunner Sydney James Mitchell, 2/2nd Field Regiment, Royal ...

Accession Number P02466.148
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 VX18306 Gunner Sydney James Mitchell, 2/2nd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner Mitchell, aged 33, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 24 May 1941. He was the son of Sydney John and Marion Victoria Mitchell, of Westgarth, Vic. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 10. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)