P00342.001

P00342.001

Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Public Domain Mark This image is in the Public Domain

ID number
P00342.001
Photographer
Unknown
Object types
  • Black & white;
  • Portrait;
Place made
Unknown
Date made
c 1918-1919
Physical description
  • Black & white;
  • Portrait;
Collection
Photograph
Description
Portrait of Lieutenant W Hudson Fysh of 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, standing in front of his Nieuport Scout aircraft. While serving as an observer with 1 Squadron in the Middle East during the First World War, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross; after the war he was allowed to qualify as a pilot (the period during which this photograph was taken). Lieutenant Fysh later went on to become the founder of Qantas and received his knighthood in 1953.

Permalink: http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00342.001