WA. Paybook photograph of WX890 Private James Campbell MacLennan, 2/11th Battalion, Australian ...

Accession Number P02466.250
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

WA. Paybook photograph of WX890 Private James Campbell MacLennan, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private MacLennan, aged 39, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 1 June 1941. He was the son of Donald and Jane Ann MacLennan, of Darnaway, Morayshire, Scotland. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 1, Row C, Plot 2. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)