P02466.141 Accession Number: P02466.141

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Vic. Paybook photograph of VX15844 Private George Leo Russell, 2/7th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Russell, aged 36, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 27 May 1941. He was the son of Robert and Margaret Russell, of Colac, Vic. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 1, Row A, Plot 5. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)

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Accession Number
P02466.141
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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