P00942.002 Accession Number: P00942.002

Description

Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant Peter John Badcock wearing service dress with Royal Australian Artillery cap and collar badges, shoulder titles, formation sign for 1st Infantry Brigade Group and Parachutist’s qualification badge. Badcock later changed his name to Badcoe and reached the rank of Major. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in Vietnam.

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Accession Number
P00942.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Acetate
Measurement
Overall: 2 15/16 in x 2 3/8 in
Image: 2 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in
Date Made
c 1954
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor T Kelton
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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