Accession Number | P06509.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 402612 Sergeant (Sgt) Wallace Hugh Sams, of Bombala, New South Wales. Sgt ...
Description
Studio portrait of 402612 Sergeant (Sgt) Wallace Hugh Sams, of Bombala, New South Wales. Sgt Sams enlisted on 16 September 1940 and served as a wireless airgunner (WAG) in Wellington aircraft with 460 Squadron, RAAF. He was killed on operations when his aircraft Z1311 was shot down over Belgium on 1/2 June 1942.