death_place children birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
peleliu , palau damien parer malvern , victoria 1 august 1912 elizabeth marie cotter photo of damien peter parer.jpg damien parer
 damien parer australian cameraman and award-winning war cinematographer
damien parer

damien peter parer -lrb- 1 august 1912 -- 17 september 1944 -rrb- was an australian war photographer .
he became famous for his war photography of the second world war , and was killed by japanese machine-gun fire at peleliu , palau .
he was cinematographer for australia 's first oscar-winning film , `` kokoda front line ! ''
, an edition of the weekly newsreel , `` cinesound review '' , which was produced by ken g. hall .
