Vic. Paybook photograph of VX40125 Private Leonard Albert Francis White, 2/7th Battalion, ...

Accession Number P02466.198
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 VX40125 Private Leonard Albert Francis White, 2/7th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private White, aged 24, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 1 June 1941. He was the husband of Phyllis Mary White, of Fitzroy, 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.)