Accession Number | P02466.240 |
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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
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WA. Paybook photograph of WX807 Private Albert Beck, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. ...
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.)