Lot 4312

Description

Australian Army, WWII dog tags for W.J.Lynch, N191068 (pre AIF number), NX121990 (2, one with name and one without), riband bar for Africa Star and Defence Medal 1939-45; negative and photo for Artillery gun emplacement and another head and shoulders photo in uniform with back marked 'Taken on 20th Birthday'; page of Japanese text, stuck onto photo album page and with loss of paper especially around edge. Poor - very fine. (8)

Together with newspaper clipping which gives details of a letter by Pte Lynch to his mother in which he describes the courageous death of Lieutenant Lance Armstrong killed in action in Borneo.

William Justine Lynch, born 24Oct1922 at Coolah, NSW; Enl.01Oct1942 at Wingham, NSW; Disch.16Sep1946 as Private ex 2/14 Infantry Bn.