Accession Number | P02466.160 |
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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 VX26146 Gunner John William Piper, 3rd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, ...
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph of VX26146 Gunner John William Piper, 3rd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner Piper, aged 41, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 29 May 1941. He was the son of Thomas Henry and Ann Maria Piper, and the husband of Mary Marjorie Piper, of East Geelong, 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.)