P05022.001 Accession Number: P05022.001

Description

Studio portrait of VX14985 Staff Sergeant (S Sgt) William Illingworth Taylor, 1st Australian Press Unit (previously 2/21st Australian Infantry Brigade), smoking a pipe. A commercial artist of Newmarket, Vic, he enlisted on 23 May 1940 and sailed with the 7th Division to the Middle East. He served with the 21st Australian Infantry Brigade for a year before he was promoted to Lieutenant (Lt) and appointed Staff Artist and Administration Officer with the 1st Australian Army Press Unit at Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, where he served until his discharge on 13 November 1945.

Details

Accession Number
P05022.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
July 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor W Taylor
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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