P01651.012 Accession Number: P01651.012

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Informal portrait of Aboriginal serviceman VX43002 Private (Pte) George Allan Birkett, of Richmond Vic, Headquarters Company, 2/23rd Battalion, standing at attention. Pte Birkett enlisted on 29 June 1940 and was discharged on 13 March 1945.

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Accession Number
P01651.012
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor D Lee
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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