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Black & White Portrait Photograph of Private Thomas Albert Henry MINCHIN, WX9222

Bartletto Photographic Studio, Perth
c. 1940
Overview

Black and white portrait photograph of Private Thomas Albert Henry MINCHIN, WX9222 in full uniform sitting on a stool.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-12-2007.1.3
Item type
Photographs
Themes
War and Conflict > World War 2
Material
Photo Paper
Width
155 mm
Height or length
200 mm
Weight
6 g
Inscriptions and markings

Bottom right corner of photo is a signature of the Photo Studio, “Bartletto Perth”.

Contextual information

Private Thomas Albert MINCHIN, Army No. WX9222 enlisted on 30/10/1940, age 29 years, and was discharged 11/01/1946. He was with the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion during Second World War. Thomas was listed missing in Malaya on the 15/04/1942 and later listed a POW on the 05/05/1943. He was interned in a Thailand Camp and on the 04/10/1945 Thomas was recovered from the Japanese and returned to Australia.

Keywords
2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Prisoner of War
World War 2
Place made
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Year
c. 1940
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Scientific or research significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Well provenanced
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Geotag
-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified
Monday, 22 September, 2025
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Private Thomas Albert MINCHIN, Army No. WX9222
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