RAAF dress tunic : Flight Lieutenant t R A Wheeler, RAAF

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number REL33348
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Uniform
Physical description Cotton, Wool serge
Maker Henry Morgan & Co Ltd
Place made Canada
Date made c 1940-1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Blue serge RAAF tunic featuring cloth navigator's brevet sewn to left breast. Each sleeve features Flight Lieutenant's rank stripes below a RAAF eagle insignia. The right sleeve also displays four red chevrons, denoting four years of wartime service. The manufacturer's details are sewn above the inner right pocket.

History / Summary

Associated with the service of 402833 Flight Lieutenant Robert Alan Wheeler, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Wheeler was born on 15 August 1914 and enlisted into the RAAF on 26 April 1942. Wheeler was discharged 5 July 1945.