P02466.059 Accession Number: P02466.059

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NSW. Paybook photograph of NX13042 Gunner Wilson Irving, 2/3rd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner Irving, aged 33, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 26 May 1941. He was the son of John and Mary Irving, and the husband of Mavis Eileen Irving, of Lismore, Vic. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 10. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)

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Accession Number
P02466.059
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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