Photo Album - 'Photo Album'

From the Collection of Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch 16 Station Street Ringwood Victoria

Description

Morron covered photograph album with 19 loose pages. Front and back cardboard and leather cover seperate, no spine. Pages held in place by black shoe lace tied on left side. Photographs glued into album on both sides of pages. Total of 103 photos, black and white, 4 photos loose. Each photo has corresponding short handwritten description below or beside it. Album photos range from 1942 - 1945 in locations ranging from Port Moresby, Darwin and Cairns and relate to a soldiers war experiences. Photographs include local people, vehicles, cemetary, bombed out planes, villages. One photo in particular has photo portrait of Jack, serial number VX 142005.

Size

220 x 180 x 30 mm

Object Registration

00115

Historical information

Album full of personal photographs of war experiences for soldier Jack Devlin.

Inscriptions & Markings

Jack Devlin/ 15 Mine Road/ Korumburra/ Vic. Handwritten inside cover. Attached with tape on loose card is another name Mr Lyle Stephenson/ 1 Bayonet/ 1 photo Album. (Posssibly referring to donor.)

Last updated

14 Jun 2018 at 3:01PM