Accession Number | P03543.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
McGrath, G |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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NX119119 Private (Pte) Frank Morris Wells, 2/48 Infantry Battalion, from Milsons Point, NSW, ...
Description
NX119119 Private (Pte) Frank Morris Wells, 2/48 Infantry Battalion, from Milsons Point, NSW, walking down a street with an unidentified member of the Australian Women's Army (AWAS) while on leave from New Guinea. Pte Morris enlisted on 18 August 1942; he was killed in action on the island of Tarakan, Borneo, on 24 May 1945 and is buried in Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia.