Lieutenant George Pinnock Merz climbing aboard a Bristol Boxkite aircraft. Lt Merz later of ...

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Accession Number A03918
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Darge Photographic Company
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Point Cook
Date made 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Lieutenant George Pinnock Merz climbing aboard a Bristol Boxkite aircraft. Lt Merz later of Australian Flying Corps, attached to 30 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, was the first Australian pilot to be killed in action when his plane was forced down and was attacked by Arabs, in Mesopotamia, on 30 July 1915, aged 23 years. See also A02263 and A02264.