Informal portrait of 413356 Aircraftman John Douglas Dally, 36 Squadron, RAAF, of Lindfield, NSW. ...

Accession Number P04169.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Date made 1941-1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of 413356 Aircraftman John Douglas Dally, 36 Squadron, RAAF, of Lindfield, NSW. He enlisted for service in August 1941 and was later promoted to sergeant. He was killed, aged 22 years, in a flying accident on 14 September 1942 when his DC-2 aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Seven Mile Strip, near Port Moresby, New Guinea.

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