000401 Accession Number: 000401

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Informal portrait of Damien Parer about to embark on the transport ship Empress of Japan. Parer was an official military photographer and cameraman with the Department of Information Film Unit. He served in the Middle East, Greece and the South-West Pacific from 1940 until his resignation in August 1943 to join the staff of Paramount Pictures Film Services. He was killed on Peleliu Island 17 September 1944 while filming front line operations with the US Marine Corps.

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Accession Number
000401
Photographer
Edward Lefevre (Ted) Cranstone
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
12 January 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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