P02466.031 Accession Number: P02466.031

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NSW. Paybook photograph of NX7749 Private Eric William Ford, 2/1st Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Ford, aged 28, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 20 May 1941. He was the son of William and Violet May Ford, of Cremorne, NSW. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 1, Row D, Plot 12. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)

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Accession Number
P02466.031
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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