Studio portrait of 426221 Flying Officer (FO) Vivian Clive Ely, RAAF, originally of Caboolture, ...

Accession Number P07174.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Place made Canada
Date made c July 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 426221 Flying Officer (FO) Vivian Clive Ely, RAAF, originally of Caboolture, Qld. A clerk, FO Ely enlisted at Brisbane, Qld, on 23 May 1942, and, after completing his flying training in Canada, was posted to 462 Squadron, RAAF, based at Foulsham, England. He and his crew of Halifax bomber, Z5-G (MZ-461) were all killed on operations over Anrater near Krefeld, Germany, on 24 February 1945.

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