Informal portrait of 18369 Leading Aircraftman Leonard Arthur Barton, Station Headquarters ...

Accession Number P09527.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of 18369 Leading Aircraftman Leonard Arthur Barton, Station Headquarters Darwin, RAAF, of Rainbow, Vic. A motor mechanic prior to enlistment from Melbourne on 30 August 1940. Barton was killed in action during a ground battle in Darwin, NT, on 19 February 1942. He was 31 years of age.