Accession Number | P03819.007 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Norton-Trevaire Studios |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | c 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of NX73953 Lieutenant (Lt) Malcolm Vicars Gillies, Z Special Unit. Lt Gillies was ...
Description
Studio portrait of NX73953 Lieutenant (Lt) Malcolm Vicars Gillies, Z Special Unit. Lt Gillies was on Operation Starfish with Lt Lawrie Black AIF, Sergeant A V Hoffie AIF and Lt J Crofton-Moss (British Army) on Lombok Island when he was caught in an ambush, wounded and captured. Lt Gillies was killed on 27 May 1945.