Accession Number | AWM2019.207.4 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Maker |
Petsky Studios |
Place made | Australia: Queensland, Nambour |
Date made | 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Studio portrait of QX21908 Private (Pte) Clark Davis Ivins, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. A painter ...
Description
Studio portrait of QX21908 Private (Pte) Clark Davis Ivins, 2/12th Infantry Battalion. A painter prior to enlisting on 1 July 1941, he embarked from Sydney on 1 November 1941 for the Middle East. Pte Clark was in Milne Bay when he was hit by an explosive bullet from a Japanese sniper, on 1 September 1942. He was evacuated to a hospital ship and then transported back to Brisbane. He died from his wounds on 5 April 1943. He was 24 years old.