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

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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

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