Accession Number | P02466.262 |
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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 WX1090 Private James Aidan Longton, 2/11th Battalion, Australian ...
Description
WA. Paybook photograph of WX1090 Private James Aidan Longton, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Longton, aged 35, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 27 May 1941. He was the son of Joseph and Mabel Longton, of Maylands, WA. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 5, Row C, Plot 17. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)