P00871.007 Accession Number: P00871.007

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Portrait of QX42219 Corporal (Cpl) Leslie Charles Upton, 49 Infantry Battalion. He was a 20 year old labourer from Southport, Queensland when he enlisted on 18 February 1941. He embarked for overseas service with the 49th Battalion from Brisbane on 18 February 1941 and disembarked in Port Moresby four weeks later. After being promoted to Lance Corporal in May 1942, he was made Acting Corporal five months later and then promoted to Corporal on 30 November 1942. Cpl Upton was killed in action at Cape Horn near Gona on 27 December 1942 and is commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial, Papua New Guinea with others who have no known grave.

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Accession Number
P00871.007
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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