Hand coloured studio portrait of 406416 Sergeant (Sgt) Irwin Bruce Watson RAAF. An accountant ...

Accession Number P07553.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print hand-coloured black & white
Date made c 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Hand coloured studio portrait of 406416 Sergeant (Sgt) Irwin Bruce Watson RAAF. An accountant from Perth WA he was promoted to Warrant Officer (WO) shortly before he was killed in a flying accident, while attached to Base Torpedo Unit, off Nowra NSW on 25 May 1943. He was 34 years of age.