Vic. Paybook photograph of VX40147 Private Norman Crake, 2/6th Battalion, Australian Infantry. ...

Accession Number P02466.199
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 VX40147 Private Norman Crake, 2/6th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Crake, aged 31, died on 31 January 1942, as a Prisoner of War (POW), after being captured defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion. He is buried in the Cracow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland, , Poland, Section 6, Row B, Plot 11. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)