P00336.001
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Image copyright:
Copyright expired - public domain
This image is in the Public Domain
- ID number
- P00336.001
- Object type
- Black & white
- Physical description
- Black & white
- Collection
- Photograph
- Description
- PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT FRANK HUBERT MCNAMARA OF NO.1 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS. MCNAMARA WAS THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN AIRMAN AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS (VC) FOR HIS PART IN RESCUING A FELLOW PILOT WHO HAD BEEN FORCED TO LAND BEHIND ENEMY LINES DURING AN AERIAL BOMB ATTACK BY ALLIED FORCES ON AN IMPORTANT TURKISH SUPPLY POINT AT GAZA, PALESTINE, 1917-03-20.
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