P03251.037 Accession Number: P03251.037

Description

Studio portrait of NX26860 Private (Pte) Francis Samuel (Sam) Watts, 2/30th Battalion. He enlisted in Paddington, NSW, on 21 June 1940 and was taken prisoner of war (POW) at the fall of Singapore. He died of illness on 22 November 1943 and is buried in a mass grave with 240 other POWs in Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

Details

Accession Number
P03251.037
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor L Weaver
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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