WA. Paybook photograph of WX807 Private Albert Beck, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. ...

Accession Number P02466.240
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

WA. Paybook photograph of WX807 Private Albert Beck, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Beck, aged 32, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 29 May 1941. He was the son of Edwin John and Jane Beck, of Whitstable, Kent, England. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face12. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)