Description
Formal outdoors group portrait of the Commandant and staff of the 1st Australian Detention Barracks situated at Mount Zion. The officer sitting in the middle of the second row is Major Joseph Aloysius Courtney, the Commandant and Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal Australian Overseas Base Sub-Area. Major Courtney, who had been a policeman in civilian life, was widely known as 'Jerusalem Joe'. The portrait formed part of the unit's 1941 Christmas card. (Donor M. Worster)
Details
Accession Number
P02336.004
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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