SX8894 Major Reginald Lawrie Batten, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, (later died of wounds ...

Place Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
Accession Number 020134
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Cumpston, John S
Place made Libya: Tobruk
Date made c April 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

SX8894 Major Reginald Lawrie Batten, 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, (later died of wounds at Lae, Papua New Guinea, 23 November 1943) photographed on an inspection tour of the Australian Infantry Brigade area, Tobruk. Note the shell hole near his left foot.