The players in the football match between South Australian and Tasmanian members of 2/3 Machine ...

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Accession Number 021177
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Frankland, George Rupert
Place made Syria
Date made c October 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

The players in the football match between South Australian and Tasmanian members of 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. Identified are: TX2288 Sergeant (Sgt) John Francis Hill, C Company, (front row, far left, crouching); and SX500503 (SX6962) Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, VC, Commanding Officer 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. Sgt Hill was killed in action on 4 March 1942 in Java.