Studio portrait of 255889 Flying Officer Walter Alfred Wadey who was a 37 year old from Adelaide, ...

Accession Number P07159.162
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Date made c 1942
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 255889 Flying Officer Walter Alfred Wadey who was a 37 year old from Adelaide, South Australia when he joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 25 May 1942. He was demobilised on 30 November 1945. One of 86 photographs displayed on an honour board showing members of the Adelaide Rowing Club who enlisted for active service in the Second World War. The original is held by the Adelaide Rowing Club who kindly loaned the board to the Australian War Memorial for copying.