Members of the 2/48th Battalion, 9th Australian Division, with a pet dog, after evacuation from ...

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Accession Number 021160
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Fisher, Thomas
Date made c October 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Members of the 2/48th Battalion, 9th Australian Division, with a pet dog, after evacuation from Tobruk on the ship Kingston. Identified left to right: (believed to be) SX8281 Private Jack Colin Curtis of Southwark, SA; SX7613 Private Jack Eunson Champion of Echunga, SA; SX6305 Corporal Roy Clifford Darley of Narridy, SA. Private Curtis later died of wounds in Egypt on 23 September 1942. See also 021156.