P02466.244 Accession Number: P02466.244

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WA. Paybook photograph of WX842 Private Colin John Elvy, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Elvy, aged 24, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 27 May 1941. He was the son of John William and Anne Elizabeth Elvy, of Forrestfield, WA. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 5, Row C, 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
P02466.244
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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