Accession Number | P06919.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | c 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Informal portrait of 425073 Sergeant, later Pilot Officer (PO), Henry St George Thompson, RAAF, ...
Description
Informal portrait of 425073 Sergeant, later Pilot Officer (PO), Henry St George Thompson, RAAF, of Corinda, Qld. PO Thompson, who enlisted in Brisbane, Qld, on 7 December 1941, was accidentally killed, with other members of the crew of an Avro Anson aircraft, while attached to RAF Station West Freugh, Scotland, on 30 December 1943. He was 26 years old.