Informal outdoor portrait of 405495 Aircraftman (later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt)) Graham Charles ...

Accession Number P06784.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
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 outdoor portrait of 405495 Aircraftman (later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt)) Graham Charles Nichols, RAAF, No 1 Operational Training Unit (1 OTU), and an undientifed young man. Prior to enlistment on 31 March, 1941, Flight Sergeant Nichols was employed as a motor mechanic at Coloundra, Queensland. He was accidentally killed at sea on 28 April 1943 off King Island, Tasmania; he was aged 21.