Studio portrait of militia Sergeant Raymond Edward Norton Butcher, 16 Battalion Cameron ...

Accession Number P07450.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print hand-coloured black & white
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Western Australia
Date made c 1937
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 militia Sergeant Raymond Edward Norton Butcher, 16 Battalion Cameron Highlanders, WA. He later trained under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and served in 101 Squadron, RAF. 406638 Flying Officer (FO) Butcher was a crew member of Wellington bomber X3815 which crashed in Denmark on 21 September 1942 after an attack by enemy aircraft. FO Butcher and four other crew members were killed.