Studio portrait of 407110 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Colin Tolhurst Arthur of Mount Gambier, SA. A ...

Accession Number P07430.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made 1940
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 407110 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Colin Tolhurst Arthur of Mount Gambier, SA. A business manager before enlisting in the RAAF in June 1940, LAC Arthur trained as a pilot in Australia and Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). He was killed at the No 1 Service Flying Training School at Camp Borden, Canada on 4 February 1941, aged 24.