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Lieutenant Michael Lawrence (Mick) Sheehan

Service number VX50279
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Stawell
Death Date 13/04/1997
Unit 2/5th Independent Company
Places
  • Balikpapan
  • New Guinea
  • Stawell
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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    Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Michael Laurence (Mick) Sheehan on board the troopship ...

Timeline

Date of birth 01/02/1917
date of birth
Date of death 13/04/1997

Related information

Conflicts

  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Units

  • 2/5th Independent Company

Places

  • Balikpapan
  • New Guinea
  • Stawell

Objects

  • PR89/058
  • PR89/135
  • REL25233.001
  • REL25233.002
  • REL25233.003
  • REL25233.004

Related Objects

  • 2/5 Independent Company in New Guinea and Borneo / Mick Sheehan
  • Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Michael Laurence (Mick) Sheehan on board the troopship ...
  • Sheehan, Michael (Lieutenant) AIF)
  • Barrett, John and Joyce, Roger
  • Eastman Kodak 16 mm 'Magazine Cine-Kodak' movie camera : Lieutenant Michael Laurance Sheehan, 2/7th Cavalry Commando Regiment
  • 25 mm lens for Eastman Kodak 16 mm 'Magazine Cine-Kodak' movie camera : Lieutenent M Sheehan, 2/7th Cavalry Commando Regiment
  • Leather carry case for Eastman Kodak 16 mm 'Magazine Cine-Kodak' movie camera : Lieutenent M Sheehan, 2/7th Cavalry Commando Regiment
  • Instruction manual and information sheets for Eastman Kodak 16 mm 'Magazine Cine-Kodak' movie camera: Lieutenent M Sheehan, 2/7th Cavalry Commando Regiment
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