P12361.001 Accession Number: P12361.001

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Studio portrait of NX45750 Private (Pte) Claude Carter, 2/20 Battalion. Pte Carter enlisted on 27 June 1940 and was later promoted to Lance Corporal. With many other members of 2/20 Battalion he was made prisoner of war of the Japanese in February 1942. Following liberation, Lance Corporal Carter died of illness at sea on 4 November 1945, aged 32.

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Accession Number
P12361.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1940
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor J Adams
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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