Group portrait of recruits to an Initial Training School (ITS) course. These men are half the ...

Accession Number P05288.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c February 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of recruits to an Initial Training School (ITS) course. These men are half the people sharing hut 26. identified left to right, back row: ?dridge (name obscured); Bullock; Berryman; Mutton; 406572 Frank Keith Morcombe; Gregson; Nicholls; Laing. Morphett; Mitchell; Nash. ?dridge is probably 406554 Harold Frederick Aldridge of Pingelly, WA; Berryman is believed to be 406556 Lionel Arthur Berryman of Albany, WA; Mutton is believed to be 406030 George Mutton of Perth, WA, who died whilst on operations with 84 Squadron on 12 February 1942; 406572 Frank Keith Morcombe, later DFC, served with No 2 Squadron and No 1 Operational Training Unit, died in a training accident on 5 October 1943; Gregson is believed to be 406562 Gordon Hugh Gregson of Perth, WA; Nicholls is believed to be 406577 Keith McClaren Nicholls of Katanning WA; Laing is believed to be 406568 William Laing of Perth WA who later served with 24 Squadron and died on 6 April 1945 ; Morphett finished first in the course and is believed to be 406573 Douglas Clarke Morphett of Victoria Park, WA, who later died whilst on operations with 12 Squadron on 18 January 1942; Mitchell; Nash is believed to be 406576 Arthur Frederick Richard Nash of Perth, WA who died whilst posted to No 27 Operational Training Squadron on 1 August 1942.