Informal portrait of NX52530 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Samuel Edward Cameron, 2/19th Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P03727.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date made 1940 - 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

Informal portrait of NX52530 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Samuel Edward Cameron, 2/19th Battalion, of Queanbeyan, NSW. SSgt Cameron enlisted on 3 July 1940 and served in Malaya. He was captured by the Japanese and taken prisoner of war (POW), sent to work on the Burma-Thailand Railway. Whilst interned he was unofficially promoted to Warrant Officer. SSgt Cameron returned to Australia but died after repatriation on 21 October 1945 as a result of illness contracted whilst a POW.