Studio portrait of NX191916 Private (Pte) Leslie Patrick Hayes, 2/4th Battalion, of Parkes, NSW. ...

Accession Number P03251.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of NX191916 Private (Pte) Leslie Patrick Hayes, 2/4th Battalion, of Parkes, NSW. He enlisted in Canungra, Qld, on 6 March 1943 and completed his training at Sydney Showground, NSW, and then at Canungra, Qld, prior to embraking for New Guinea. He was killed in action by a Japanese sniper in Aitape, New Guinea, on 22 June 1945, aged 20.

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