Portrait of WX19860 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Hugh Kitchener Guthrie, 2/28 Battalion. A native of ...

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Accession Number P06354.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made December 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of WX19860 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Hugh Kitchener Guthrie, 2/28 Battalion. A native of Claremont, WA, Guthrie worked as a clerk prior to enlisting on 25 February 1942. L Cpl Guthrie was killed in action in New Guinea on 20 October 1943, aged 27. L Cpl Guthrie's brother, 406649 Flying Officer Robert Edmund 'Ed' Guthrie, RAAF, was killed during air operations over Germany on 1 August 1942.