| Accession Number | P07175.007 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal group portrait of eight air cadets who all lived in the same block while learning to fly ...
Description
Informal group portrait of eight air cadets who all lived in the same block while learning to fly Spitfires. Back row, left to right: 250731 Aircraftman (AC) Ian Robert Kinross; 724 AC Bernard Eldon (Benny) Hughes; 400426 AC Charles Gordon Degenhardt, lost on operations in the Middle East on 28 Nov 1941; 762 AC Arthur Cole Tooley; 290745 Francis Norman (Frank) Meyer, executed by the Japanese on 6-8 February 1942 following the invasion of Ambon; and 05788 AC Norman Frederick Lamb. Front row, left to right: 727 AC Gordon Wilson 'Bill' Keig, accidentally killed at Uranquinty, NSW on 21 January 1942; and 713 AC Bruce Aitken 'Ace' Evans, lost on operations in the Middle East on 25 November 1941.