P08703.023 Accession Number: P08703.023

Description

Studio portrait of 556870 Sergeant (Sgt) Peter Paul Handfield, RAAF, No. 203 Squadron RAF. A rubber planter from Hampton, Vic, Handfield enlisted on 24 June 1940 and later transferred to the 39 Squadron. Sgt Handfield was killed on operations in the Middle East on 15 February 1942, aged 25. He is buried at the Alamein Memorial, Egypt. This image is taken from "The Ivanarian", a magazine of the Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne, Vic. During the Second World War the school honoured "old boys" who had enlisted and died by including a short biographical piece and in many cases a portrait.

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Accession Number
P08703.023
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Photomechanical print
Date Made
1940-1942
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor I Buckley
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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