P00871.009 Accession Number: P00871.009

Description

Studio portrait of VX112186 Lieutenant John Evans, 58/59 Battalion, a former school teacher from Wangaratta, Victoria. He enlisted on 24 July 1942 and was killed in action at the taking of Old Vickers Position, Bobdubi Ridge, New Guinea on 28 July 1943, aged 28. He is buried in the Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Papua New Guinea.

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Accession Number

P00871.009

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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