Accession Number | P03511.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1940 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of QX13 Private (Pte) George Colin Cunnington, 2/9 Infantry Battalion, from ...
Description
Studio portrait of QX13 Private (Pte) George Colin Cunnington, 2/9 Infantry Battalion, from Brisbane, Qld. Pte Cunnington enlisted on 20 October 1939; he took part in fighting in Greece, Crete, Tobruk and elsewhere in the Middle East before being killed in action on 4 September 1942 at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. He is buried in Milne Bay War Cemetery.