SX7964 Sergeant (later Lieutenant (Lt)) Thomas Currie Derrick, VC. DCM, 2/48th Infantry ...

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1 Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Sattelberg Area
Accession Number	067887
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Negative
Maker	Unknown
Place made	New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Morobe, Sattelberg
Date made	November 1943
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

SX7964 Sergeant (later Lieutenant (Lt)) Thomas Currie Derrick, VC. DCM, 2/48th Infantry Battalion. Lt Derrick died of wounds received when attacking the Freda feature during the invasion of Tarakan Island by 26th Infantry Brigade on 24 May 1945.