Place | Europe: United Kingdom, England, Gloucestershire, Minchinhampton |
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Accession Number | A04615 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film polyester negative |
Place made | United Kingdom: Scotland |
Date made | c January 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Jack Henry Weingarth standing beside a Sopwith Camel aircraft, ...
Description
Portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Jack Henry Weingarth standing beside a Sopwith Camel aircraft, possibly whilst training in Scotland. Later promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Weingarth served as a pilot with No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) in France, and as an instructor at No. 6 (Training) Squadron AFC at Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire. He was killed in action, along with a cadet, during a training accident near Gloucestershire on 4 February 1919, aged 26.